How To Get A Job As A Member Of Parliament (MP)

How do you get a job as an MP?

Getting a job as an MP is simple in one respect, and almost impossible in another. It's simple in so far as you join the political party, you get a local party to choose you, ask the candidate and you win the constituency selection to be the candidate. OK, that's simple. It's almost impossible in as far as there are billions of people who want to do it, and if you're an outsider going into that constituency, which most of time you will be, and your chances can be shredded before you've even walked in the door. It doesn't matter how good you are. The thing you have to remember is that in politics, the best candidate usually doesn't win. It's not to do with merit, it helps, but it's not to do with it, that's not the deciding factor usually. So becoming a MP, I would really encourage people to do it, and the first step is joining the political party, but before that, the first step is having any convictions, and wanting to do it for the right reasons, but then join the party, win the selection, then win the election, hey you're in power.