Before the 1832 Reform Act there were Rotten Boroughs where MPs represented places with very few inhabitants. Conversely there were large urban areas with little or no Parliamentary representation.
The 2022 Parliament seems to be moving towards a version of this where MPs who are paid out of public funds to represent their constituents in Parliament are in fact doing something else altogether:
Boris Johnson: on holiday or on the lecture circuit at around £135,000 for a 30 minute speech
Liz Truss: on holiday
Matt Hancock: appearing in a new run of I’m a celebrity get me out of here
Time for a General Election
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