long-awaited report regarding Russian influence, interference, and corruption of British institutions was finally published this week. Some posit the report does not reference anything previously unknown—to them this may be true, but to the general public the scale of Russian influence and interference may come as a shock.

More pointedly, this is all about money: The power behind money and those who bow down to those with money. The Beatles sung that “Money can’t buy me love,” which may be true, but it sure can buy you a lot of power.