Tip of an iceberg Bribery, fraud, nepotism and graft are all endemic to the bourgeois order, writes Derek James The Cameron-Greensill affair has all the ingredients of a thoroughly contemporary scandal - the revolving door between politics and the very lucrative private sector, arcane financial dealings and shadowy lobbying, and a sense that privileged individuals can get away with playing the system at the expense of the rest of us. Just as predictable are the calls for greater transparency and new legislation to close the obvious loopholes, whilst the existing independent watchdog assures us that, despite appearances, everything is all above board and that nothing actually illegal has occurred. So that’s OK then - nothing to see here, so let’s move on.