It has been a bumper year for cash-for-questions with MPs using a simple life hack to top up their paltry £81,932 salaries (plus expenses, free housing and travel). Seventy-two MPs pocketed a total of over £70,000 by filling in surveys, with some earning £250 for just one hour’s work answering polling questions for cash.
Labour’s Dan Jarvis found time between representing the people of Barnsley Central and serving as Mayor of South Yorkshire to fill in 29 polls in the year to November, earning nearly £3,000 on top of his £161,000 salary for both jobs – plus £120 in Amazon vouchers, according to his Register of Interests. Jarvis insists that he did not profit personally from his work.
He said that every dollar received would go to supporting my office as well as my work in the MP’s Office.
19 Labour MPs and 43 Tories also took part in polls by youGov, IPSOS Mori, and Savanta Comres. These surveys claim that parliamentarians have essential information for reproducing in official reports.

Labour’s Dan Jarvis (pictured) found time between representing the people of Barnsley Central and serving as Mayor of South Yorkshire to fill in 29 polls in the year to November, earning nearly £3,000 on top of his £161,000 salary for both jobs
There are two important questions that matter on national issues: Who is their tip for Speaker of the House of Commons? And who do they consider the most influential parliamentarian. For the next round, here are some of my suggestions:
- Carrie Johnson should choose which wallpaper to use in order for the Downing Street home to be repainted by her in 2022. Do you have any contacts of donors willing to pay?
- Matt Hancock should get Gina Valentine’s Day gifts.
- Who will go to prison for making a profit from the pandemic
- Do all ministers need a “find my phone” app?
- Do you think Lord Geidt is right to grant Dilyn an oversight of Downing Street’s ethics?
- What is the future of ethics?
2021 leaves Boris shaken AND stirred
This year’s end was disappointing for all but the Prime Minister.
The Darts World Championship began with the Boris chant: “Stand up, if You Hate Boris!”
Now, I heard that a Bill’s restaurant branch handed out complimentary cocktails with Boris dressed as a clown wearing blue candyfloss hair on Christmas Eve.
Richard Caring, a perma-tanned Tory donor, owns Bill’s. Whatever next – a Rishi dish at The Ivy?

All across the board, the year was a disappointment for the Prime Minister
Another week, another story about a £650,000 flat refurb – including £59,000 on wallpaper, worries at No 10 about sleaze, and a Minister receiving and not declaring a loan for the ‘private’ purpose of buying a house.
Not Boris’s Britain but Tony Blair’s. This is courtesy the National Archives.
Mark Twain said, “History doesn’t repeat itself. But it often rhymes.”

Boris’s Britain is not the one you are referring to, Tony Blair’s. This information comes from the National Archives.
Westminster continues to march in the unstoppable direction of its most submissive power couple.
Boris made Caroline Dinenage, his ex-junior defence minister, a Dame in ‘public service and politics’, one year after Mark Lancaster, an ex-junior defense minister, was slipped into The Lords. Let’s take a look at her impressive career.
As the Care Minister, she solved the social care crisis. Her role as Housing Minister was crucial in resolving the housing crisis.
The PM appointed her as the junior Minister for the gambling regulation department.
Dinenage began accepting free jollies at the gambling lobby no sooner than she was gone. Sinatra sang, “They call you Lady Luck. The pickins are lush.”

Boris made Caroline Dinenage (pictured), a Dame in ‘public service and politics’ one year ago, after Mark Lancaster, ex-junior Defense Minister, was slipped into Lords.
Dominic Raab’s Grand Designs for 2022.
The Deputy PM has applied for planning permission to remodel the £1.7 million Surrey home he bought in June.
You shouldn’t be expecting a Chevening style facade. Expect ground- and first-floor extension, plus a playroom and a ‘den” for Raab.