Aye, an attitude that I can understand fully :nods:.
Of course, if it is part of a move to put overt power into the hands of the Shadowy Money Men (not sure if that's worth trade-marking or not ) then accepting because times are desperate is precisely the wrong move.
I don't necessarily buy the Coup-by-Cash scenario, mind you, as any organisation with that much wealth, that has been in existence for any amount of time, would have been able to manoever itself into a position of power one way or another anyhow. The simple route of having their 'own people' as MP's would do the trick, with no sticky threads of bribery (ill-intentioned or philanpthropic) or blackmail to trace back to the spider in the web.
Of course, if it is part of a move to put overt power into the hands of the Shadowy Money Men (not sure if that's worth trade-marking or not ) then accepting because times are desperate is precisely the wrong move.
I don't necessarily buy the Coup-by-Cash scenario, mind you, as any organisation with that much wealth, that has been in existence for any amount of time, would have been able to manoever itself into a position of power one way or another anyhow. The simple route of having their 'own people' as MP's would do the trick, with no sticky threads of bribery (ill-intentioned or philanpthropic) or blackmail to trace back to the spider in the web.