Several good, relevant and topical quotations from the American muckraking journalist and author Upton Sinclair have been featured on here, most recently in the article about honest politicians.
These wise words are from his 1940 novel World's End:
"If you wanted to understand a politician you mustn't pay too much attention to his speeches, but find out who were his paymasters. A politician couldn’t rise in public life, in France any more than in America, unless he had the backing of big money, and it was in times of crisis like this that he paid his debts.”
This applies to the present day and the UK too.
There is currently much speculation here about possible funding sources for some politicians: for example, there are allegations that they are getting money from Russia, China, big business or billionaires.
Maybe some politicians really are are just pawns and puppets.
We need to follow the money!
The day of reckoning probably will come for some of these politicians. They have laid themselves open to pressure and blackmail from their handlers, backers and paymasters. There is a price for everything, and debts must be paid.
