Following recent lobbying scandals, it might have been presumed that MPs were being more cautious, fully aware of public anger at the corruption in politics. Yet less than a month after a cringe-inducing Led by Donkeys video showed high-profile Tory MPs and ex-secretaries of state asking for payments of up to £10,000 a day to work for a fake South Korean company, another scandal has been revealed.
This week, Tory MP Scott Benton was suspended from his party pending an investigation after undercover footage captured by reporters for the Times appeared to show him offering to lobby ministers on behalf of gambling investors in exchange for money.
