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Those aren't legal either, unless you go by the motto "you are only guilty if you get caught"...

• oxfordmale 4y ago
  * A friend asks me to borrow $400K. He is a good friend, and I am happy to help him out * A few months later, he decides to donate $200K to a political party that happens to be in power at the time * The government makes certain decisions that appear to be in my favour. I discussed that certain changes would be helpful but never asked for them directly. Basically, it is a gentleman's agreement where no party involved explicitly asked for anything. Illegal in the spirit of the law, yes, provable in court beyond a reasonable doubt, no. As another poster highlighted, you don't even need to use a friend in the UK, you can donate directly. The price of a seat in the House of Lords is £400,000 ($500K), but you can get other political favours much cheaper.
  • shapefrog 4y ago
    > The price of a seat in the House of Lords is £400,000 The price to buy a seat from Boris was nearly an order of magnitude cheaper - but he also sold a lot of seats that he can not fulfill.