With reference to the poor struggling MPs trying to get by in these hard times, perhaps the same self-appointed commission could also recommend a 90 per cent increase to a working man’s wage and to his pension (and I don’t mean uncapped) when he is no longer able to work.

It’s correct to state that EU wages for their MPs are higher than ours but, then, so are EU wages and pensions higher for their workers and pensioners, though shop and fuel prices are higher here than in the EU.

It’s also true that 90 per cent of a prime minister’s current salary is a lot more than 58c per week but, then, unlike some, we can’t have everything, now can we?

And if those huge rises are in exchange for less perks and expenses, well, the working man/pensioner never had those as a trade-in anyway.

Recession? Austerity? Nonsense, this only exists at working man/pensions level.

Above this, all increases in costs are passed downwards until there’s no one else to pass them on to.