"Where there is discord, may we bring harmony."
David Cameron in the line of fire over pay rise for MPs
"...The issue is coming back to haunt the prime minister just months after he, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband all condemned the idea of a big one-off rise...All three leaders said then that MPs could not be seen to accept an 11% pay rise - from the current £66,396 a year to £74,000 from 2015 - at a time when most people are seeing their real wages decrease....The vice-chairman of the 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers, Charles Walker, told the Observer that settling salaries was "always going to be messy" and that there would never be a good time. Since Ipsa was set up to sort out the pay and conditions of MPs in the aftermath of the expenses furore, parliament would look ridiculous if it now rejected its recommendations because they were politically inconvenient..."
http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2013/oct/20/david-cameron-mps-pay-rise