But did they? Maybe some but politics is a career these days. A conveyor belt to the big paying directorships, if you spent your Westminster time being clubbable for the corporates and cultivating contacts. If you take a peek at Reeves Financial Disclosures it makes for VERY interesting reading.
Seems today's politicians have only 1 objective: their own wealth.
It's wrong to stereotype them all. There are some that give a shit. My Extreme Centrist Labour MP, is also a private landlord with the most rented properties in the HoC. He rakes in £200k pa in rent. Man of the people though...