I read a story recently that shocked me to my very core – shocked me, I tell you.
A British politician has been suspended following a standards committee report accusing the minister of corruption. Blackpool MP Scott Benton earned his suspension after two journalists posed as gambling industry investors and he agreed to pose questions in parliament for the industry.
That in itself isn’t illegal, it’s that he agreed to do it for cash money. Not even a lot, he seems to have been a bit of a bargain at £4,000 a month. If the reporting on this does nothing else, it at least establishes a price list for MP services.
