Shaw Fishing

[ColinW]

From the Oxford Dictionary 2009?

 

Shaw Fishing: ( sh'or f'sh'ng) n. 1. The act of standing catching nothing. 2. Payment for the privelege of catching nothing. 3. The act of sitting on a government provided bench, surrounded by public information posters - catching nothing.

[H.A.]

...... begrudgingly accepting a 2.8% pay rise on top of MP and Minister's pay and £100k+ 'expenses'.