Cha-ching! Obviously the UK has an open policy on migrating from political power to lobbyist as well. The best democracies money can buy. So are we taking this model to the Middle East or is the Middle East bringing it to us?
The US investment bank JP Morgan has signed up Tony Blair as a part-time senior adviser, on a salary said to exceed $1m (£500,000) a year.
The former prime minister would provide "strategic advice and insight on global political issues and emerging trends", the company said last night.
