Tory members of the UK parliament, who were former ministers, agreed to represent a foreign company's interests for large sums of money — as much as 10,000 UKP per day. The company was a hoax and their assent was recorded.

For legislators to take pay to serve private interests is corruption and it ought to be a crime. The most shocking thing to me is that in the UK this is lawful. The UK has rules for it, and those elected representatives followed the rules.