I don't think you need to be clever either, politicians are in a very privileged position where corrupt companies will pay backhanders for favour. But the competency I speak of is a masterful ploy to convince the public they are stupid instead of corrupt. Today's big story is about a Russian football owner who, unsurprisingly, has shown himself to be somewhat lacking in moral integrity. Like we didn't know that. But if you dig deeper, you discover that Russian money is flowing through London like you wouldn't believe. So the public think that Russia is an enemy of the UK, when the truth couldn't be more different. The government do a truly outstanding job of distracting the public when it comes to Russia, to the point where people actually think we're morally superior to them. We're not. We're equally corrupt, and we're allies.