One dollar, one vote.

#1 Schwarzenegger, the governator of Calli, signed a contract to "further the business objectives" of two body buildingmagazines on 15 November 2003 - just two days before he was sworn in as governor of the Golden State. He's being paid more than $8million over five years. Most of the advertisements in the magazines come from the 'performance-enhancing substance' industry. We all know that those bodybuilders don't stick to Aquarius to help them train.

Last year, the governor vetoed a bill by a state senator that would have required sports coaches to take a course in performance-enhancing supplements, created a list of banned substances for school sports and barred supplement manufacturers from sponsoring school events.

Mr Schwarzenegger's office has argued that there is no conflict of interest.

#2 The global steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal (owner of the world's biggest steel producer), one of Britain's richest men, announced yesterday that he had given £2m to Labour funds - making him the party's biggest donor alongside Lord Sainsbury, the supermarket tycoon turned science minister.

Now that's how modern democracy is supposed to work.