12-05-2014, 09:16 AM
Blair's a particularly beac example of a prime minister filling his pockets in return for favours done in office imo. But they're all at it. Look at Thatcher, who after her premiership became the multi millionaire, John Major who in office wore Marks & Spencer suits and shirts, but now is rolling in lucre.
Being elected to high office means you can write your own ex officio remuneration package to the highest bidder -- almost always the US for we Brits.
Being elected to high office means you can write your own ex officio remuneration package to the highest bidder -- almost always the US for we Brits.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14