How much for a politician?

I never nod in agreement more with any piece than with Charles Moore’s diary, and in today’s edition of the magazine he says Derek Conway:

“…exclaims that ‘An MP is paid less than a sous-chef in the Commons’ as if  this were a self-evident absurdity… he wants what he sees as the befitting lifestyle and thinks the taxpayer should pay for it.”

As Charles points out, Conway has at least been frank in saying an MP should get between £80k and £100k. The problem is that MPs’ mates in the City regard this as a reasonable fee. I have heard several MPs say the same – that they want a “proper” salary. What’s the going rate for a politician? Here is a chart from the House of Commons pay review panel which (for me) cast a lot of light on the subject: