Stop spending our money!

The BBC report that:

"House of Commons Speaker John Bercow has appointed a former Times journalist as his special adviser and spokesman.

Tim Hames, who is currently a director of communications for a lobby group, was chosen without anyone else being interviewed for the post.

It is thought to be the first time a Speaker has taken on someone with the job title of special adviser.

Mr Hames will start work on 2 November and is expected to spend about a third of his time dealing with the media.

He will be a special adviser on a Grade 1 status, meaning he will get a salary of between £87,000 and £107,000 a year. "

I presume that John Bercow (ex CINO MP) is not paying Tim Hames from his post tax income and so I resent this addition to the public purse. The Speaker should get on with being The Speaker, he has clerks to advise him on Parliamentary business, he does not need any other advisers. This should be another nail in the coffin of John Bercow's career as an MP as I am sure Nigel Farage will skilfully use it at the coming general election.