Parliament Is a Racket
For years, MPs have got away with lucrative second jobs serving corporate interests despite obvious conflicts of interest – the solution isn’t to pay them more, it’s to force them to serve the public instead.
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Harry Stratton is a lawyer and anti-corruption activist.
For years, MPs have got away with lucrative second jobs serving corporate interests despite obvious conflicts of interest – the solution isn’t to pay them more, it’s to force them to serve the public instead.
‘Sleaze’ and ‘chumocracy’ have been features of the past year’s politics, but corruption is nothing new – it’s a feature of a system where politicians and corporate lobbyists are often the same people.
The Tories’ attack on criminal Legal Aid is well known — but cuts to the civil system have equally serious consequences for those seeking justice against the government and Britain’s corporate elite.