Revolving door lubricated with retirement riches.

Nice work if you can get it! Exposed: Ex-ministers and civil servants whose work in public sector opens doors to lucrative private jobs
Scores of officials are cashing in by picking up lucrative private sector jobs
Many are working in the sectors they used to regulate while in government
Former Treasury chief Danny Alexander is among those taking advantage
He was taken on by a Chinese-run bank but can lobby former colleagues
Paul Flynn, a Labour MP and member of the Commons public administration committee, said he had no idea the situation was so bad.
'It's a deep-seated and growing scandal, where MPs are allowed to prostitute their insider knowledge to the highest bidder,' he added.
'These people are appointed for their contacts, the people they know, to oil the wheels. They should be banned.'
He said Acoba was less watchdog, more 'pussycat without teeth and claws'.
Last month Baroness Browning, who chairs Acoba, told MPs her committee was worried about the trend toward ministers seeking employment in the sectors they had responsibility for.
She said the watchdog had neither 'the resources nor the remit' to make the significant changes required.

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[Paul Flynn]

Its a tough fight. Possibly blocked by vested interests in many MPs in waltzing through the revolving doors themselves.

Paul Flynn MP  

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It makes it look like the charade it is for many. Their supposed duty to the country is only a means to an end i.e. financial reward. They present themselves as authorities when they are merely pretentious spivs.

They are the opposite of what we need and expect. They should be engaging with peoples' needs and concerns and working behind the scenes for the benefit of their constituents rather than looking for opportunities to feather their own nests. What a waste of everyone's time and indeed of space they are. Its fatal to our interests in that their heart is not even really in it.

Everything has to be monetised it seems. I don't quite get it. Many of your colleagues are very skilled in their (supposed) vocation, but they are ultimately self-centered. 'Why shouldn't I make a few quid when everyone else does it?' Which would be a very mild and perhaps inadequate reflection of the contempt they show for us and the shallowness of their mindset.

So, well done for campaigning and bringing this issue into the daylight. To borrow a bit of New Testament wisdom which could well be applicable to professional politicians, 'you cannot serve God and Mammon'. Or perhaps 'you cannot serve your constituents wholeheartedly if you have one eye on your bank balance' (Ok I've mangled that enough). Otherwise it almost certainly leads to conflicts of interest.