Stop the gravy train says Frances Curran
No to the political fat cats who line their own pockets
SSP Glasgow East campaign at The Forge
Frances Curran, the socialist candidate in Glasgow East, has vowed to
launch a crusade against greedy politicians who plunder the public purse
to make themselves rich.
“Winning a seat in parliament these days is like winning the lottery,” says Frances.
“MPs have a pay package worth quarter of a million pounds. On top of that, they
can rake in a fortune from second homes and first class travel expenses.
“Many put their relatives on the payroll to send their household income soaring
into the stratosphere.”
According to press reports, the last Labour MP for Glasgow East paid his wife
and daughter half a million pounds to work from home.
A workers MP on a workers wage
As an MSP in the last Scottish Parliament, Frances spurned the lavish
Holyrood lifestyle to stay in touch with ordinary people.
She donated tens of thousands of pounds -half her total salary -to the
socialist movement. She published every penny of her expenses.
“I lived as a workers MSP on a workers wage, like my other Scottish Socialist
Party colleagues,” says Frances.
“If elected as the MP for Glasgow East I’ll do exactly the same again.
I believe in improving life for the whole of the East End -and not just
for the chosen few who get themselves elected,” says Frances.
After 30 years in socialist politics Frances Curran has no expensive
possessions.
She doesn’t own a house, but lives in a top-floor rented housing association
tenement.
She has no car, no expensive furniture, no loot stashed away in a personal
bank account.
You may not agree with everything Frances Curran says. But even her opponents
admit she’s one of that rare breed of politicians who has never been
seduced by glitz, wealth and celebrity.