Modern corruption in Westminster rarely takes the form of brown envelopes; it is far more polite, codified in the language of “professional services.”. It is the seamless transition from the heights of public office to the boardrooms of the private sector.
The UK governance model is afflicted by a toxic, chronic condition: hyper-centralisation. This is not merely an accident of history but the deliberate, sustained effort of an overarching political class convinced of its own superior knowledge.


