Why the Lowest of the Low Flock to Leftist Politics, By Richard Miller (Londonistan)

In the murky swamp of Westminster, where scandals bloom like weeds in a neglected garden, the latest bloom is Angela Rayner's resignation. The Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary, yes, the woman tasked with fixing Britain's broken housing market, resigned after underpaying £40,000 in tax on her seaside flat. It's not a slip-up; it's a breach of the ministerial code, as confirmed by the ethics adviser. Yet Sir Keir Starmer hailed her as a "major figure," as if moral lapses are just quirky footnotes in a leader's CV. This isn't isolated, Labour's minister for homelessness evicts tenants to hike rents, their anti-corruption chief faces corruption probes, and even the Tories and Reform UK are mired in sleaze, leaks, and lawfare vendettas. It's a rogues' gallery running the show. But why? Why do the slippery, the self-serving, the downright corrupt gravitate to politics like moths to a flame, and why do they keep climbing to the top? The answer lies in a toxic cocktail of incentives, apathy, and a profound truth: the lowest thrive because the good do nothing.

Let's start with the allure. Politics isn't a calling for saints; it's a siren song for the unscrupulous. Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac, the ability to shape laws, dole out favours, and wield influence without the pesky accountability of the real world. For the lowest of the low, it's a playground where ambition trumps ethics. Imagine a career where you can jet off on taxpayer-funded jaunts, lobby for cronies, or flip properties while preaching austerity. Rayner's tax dodge? It's chicken feed compared to the revolving door between Parliament and cushy corporate gigs. The system dangles carrots: expenses claims that border on fraud, peerages for the loyal, and a pension that would make a banker blush. No wonder the morally bankrupt flock here, they couldn't hack it in professions demanding actual competence or integrity. In the private sector, you'd be fired for less; in politics, you're promoted.

But it's not just the perks; it's the low bar. Westminster rewards the chameleons, the opportunists who bend with every breeze. Principle? That's for amateurs. Success comes from schmoozing donors, spinning scandals, and outlasting rivals through sheer survival instinct. The Tories' Partygate liars? They clawed back seats. Labour's freebies fiends? They're cabinet material. Even Reform UK's internal knife-fights show how vendettas and smears propel the ruthless forward. Good people, doctors, teachers, entrepreneurs, see the slime and steer clear. Why enter a gladiatorial arena where the weapons are whispers and the prizes are poisoned chalices? Politics selects for the sociopathic: those who thrive on drama, not duty. As the old saying goes, "Politics is the art of the possible," and for the lowlifes, possibility means personal gain.

So why do they get the office? Because the system is rigged for rot. Voters, battered by economic woes and media circuses, reward the loudest liars, not the steadiest hands. Scandals dominate headlines, turning politics into reality TV where the villains get the airtime. And here's the kicker: the good stay silent. Edmund Burke nailed it centuries ago: "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." Decent folks, patriotic, hardworking, principled, opt out. The toxicity repels them: the 80-hour weeks, the public vitriol, the soul-crushing compromises. They build businesses, raise families, volunteer locally. Meanwhile, the swamp fills with those who see public service as a private ATM. Parliament becomes an echo chamber of echoes, stuffed with careerists who couldn't survive a day in the real economy. Britain's resilient people deserve leaders who reflect their grit, not grifters who game the system.

This isn't inevitable; it's a choice. Rayner's fall, hard on the heels of Labour's "phase two" flop, is a symptom, not the disease. Phase one tanked the economy and sovereignty; phase two starts with hypocrisy. But imagine if we flipped the script? What if we demanded transparency: independent ethics watchdogs with teeth, campaign finance caps, and term limits to drain the swamp? What if schools taught civics that instils duty over division, inspiring the bright and brave to run? And crucially, what if good people stepped up? The tragedy of modern Britain, and Australia too, isn't our corruption, it's our complacency. We elect the worst because we let them. Until the patriotic, the dedicated, the uncorrupted flood the ballots and the benches, the lowlifes will rule the roost.

Britain and indeed Australia too, wake up! Your Parliament doesn't reflect you — yet! Demand better. Encourage the good to act. Because if they don't, the lowest will keep laughing, all the way to the top.

https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/why-do-we-keep-electing-the-lowest-of-the-low/