The system in England was always shameless. They bought and sold seats which were knownas pocket boroughs. Great misery followed the war, no coal or oil for heat, mass starvation lf not for free grain from India, Canada and Australia. They voted for Attlee in desperation andhe introduced real taxes. Eighty percent on income and ninety on death created NationalHealth and vast public housing. People could not pay thousand pound heating bills and the Tories refused to pass the 25% tax on excess oil profits. What followed was outrage and Truss was out. The vice so ingrained in the culture that produced the East India Company of pirates facilitatedthe rise of a evil shaman named Boris. Little explains his rise to power and endearing popularitywith a significant segment of the people. Seats in the legislature were considered 'pocket boroughs'to be acquired and traded. That tradition survives, in camouflage. It explains the fact that membersmay legally sell favours to the public, as a Goan in parliament did, flagrantly. Stock trader Sunak had no credentials to public service or knowledge of governance, other thana bloated bank account that bought him credibility, and finally power.
