Reminder that Boris Johnson was, for a time, paid more as a "journalist" writing one column a week than as a minister. He was eventually made to give that up. But, for those willing to sell out, the pay from being in an elected position of power is only partly from the public purse.

Although the government is remarkably cheap to buy by SV standards: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/boris-johnson...