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So what if Boris gets paid writing articles for the Telegraph?

25/2/2012

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This week I watched an irked civilian railing off his displeasure at Boris Johnson writing for the Telegraph and getting paid for it. I think everyone, politicians included are entitled to some time off and they should spend that free time however they choose to. If Boris chooses to write in his free time, so be it. If someone is willing to pay him for it, even better. Why do I say this:

He’s not doing it during ‘business’ hours

If Boris is sat at his desk in City Hall writing articles I would take issue with that, even if it’s during his ‘lunch’ break. As a public servant it is his duty to serve the public from that office and doing anything else simply would not be right. However, I am reasonably confident that he does not do this.

It doesn’t take much time

As someone who has always enjoyed writing I know that when one is passionate about an issue you can write about it fluidly and rapidly, it does not take a lot of time.

It’s more transparent than other enterprises

People frequently take issue with politicians indulging in private enterprise. I too agree that there is only so much time in the day and if you’re in public office you need to rightly spend most of your time on that. Of the private enterprises that a politician might choose to undertake surely writing is one of the most transparent? We the public have access to the writing and can approximate how much time we believe it took Boris to get his feelings down.

We get to know Boris’s stance on various issues better

Through his writing we get a better feel for how Boris Johnson thinks and hence how suitable a mayoral candidate he is. Everything that Boris does that we can observe is an opportunity for us to vet him, articles included.

More tax pounds

Let’s trace the income that Boris makes from his column. For argument’s sake let’s call it £10,000 per contribution or about £500,000 per annum.
  • The Mayor of London's current salary is £143,911 per year. 
  • Under the current tax regime all income above £150,000 is taxed at 50%.
Assuming Boris writes in a personal capacity (i.e. rather than as an ltd), if this amount is paid out to Boris almost all of it will be taxed at 50% and £250,000 is returned to the tax payer.

If the same £500,000 had ended up as operating profit, it would only incur the corporate tax rate of 30%, so just £150,000 would be returned to the taxpayer. I don’t know about you but I prefer the former to the latter. The faster we can wipe out the deficit, the better.

In conclusion, provided Boris pays his taxes and doesn’t spend office hours writing his articles, all things considered it’s beneficial to taxpayers and the voting public. Am I missing something here?

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@Scuderia_gal link
2/3/2012 05:26:40 am

I think its a non-issue : If he gets paid for writing, so what? He's not the PM, he's the mayor. Nothing blows up if he doesn't show up. He's a journalist by trade and if he can do this on the side, good for him. If the Olympic stadium doesn't get built on time coz he was too distracted by this then we won't vote him back in. I'm more concerned about my bus driver not getting to work on time.

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Ms. Katsonga
5/3/2012 06:40:22 pm

Agreed. Sometimes the frivolous discussions that take over press time are annoying, on some days I even find myself watching more US news than UK news because it all seems like a waste of time. E.g. that "horsegate" thing, it's absolutely just distraction from real issues.

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