The whiff of scandal, and particularly the crash-for-questions imbroglio, reminds the electorate that the power concentrated in the hands of a single party for too long tends to corrupt.

• 尽管丑闻不大，而且这些来路不明的款项内情复杂，至今尚无定论，却也足以提醒选民：权利集中在一个政党手中过长就会产生腐败。