UK politics seems to be going bottom-up for its controversies. Mortgage papers incorrectly filed, rentals without the correct approvals, individual prisoners released in advance of their set date. These are database discoveries. Similarly, the enforcement issues in the US by the immigration police seem to be keyed to fingerprints in the system, police visits, etc. Also database discoveries.
I distinctly recall that politics used to be about significant actual events that actually occurred. Or perhaps I'm wrong about that. Will have to check the blog archives.