@KeepTakingTheSoma Yes in the UK all parties are corrupt and sadly it seems to be getting worse.

I remember in 1997 when after a very bad political scandal Martin Bell, a respected journalist, gave up his TV job and stood against one of the most infamous sleazy MPs and won a seat in Parliament as a true independent. He was known as the man in the white suit and did his best to highlight corruption. He also stuck to his guns and having made his point stood down at the next election. Sadly the usual system continued and no lasting change happened.

Martin Bell was a BBC journalist and back then that was seen as making him independent and to be fair to him he was. Now things are so bad that a BBC journalist standing to become an MP would be seen as a continuation of the current political system.