Another reason is that to get into politics, graduates normally have to do unpaid internships to get a foot in the door. This is only really an option if your f

Another reason is that to get into politics, graduates normally have to do unpaid internships to get a foot in the door. This is only really an option if your family is well off. The prime minister gets to live in 10 Downing Street, and can look forward to lucrative book deals, after dinner speeches and consulting gigs (Blair was getting £500k to advise JP Morgan). This isn't true for most jobs. It's not such a bad deal, but obviously most people don't get that far.