You can only choose from what’s before you
For a number of reasons, many individuals with the honesty, decency and capability choose not to put themselves forward – hard to blame them as today’s public service is largely a thankless and often dangerous job as we have seen with the recent mindless killing of a couple of MPs in the last few years
To hear Liz Truss on BBC stating yesterday that she is going to lead the conservatives to the next general election, is just incredible. Why do people put themselves in such positions!? She has tried, failed and would be well-remembered if she just said: “everything I did was in good faith, but it got frustrated by others” and I’m sorry and quit. Why cling on???
But more importantly, here we go again!!! We haven’t learnt a thing! A new chancellor is appointed and takes the most obvious steps in reversing what Truss had promised and was doing – a step any 5 year old could have taken – and he is now being showered with praise! This is the same guy who couldn’t cope with the NHS as Health Minister very recently. We need to learn to try these folks out before swooning!
They swooned for Truss, even though she had scant experience and had little past success, but the minute she uttered the password “I support Brexit” she was good enough. We are in dire times!
Even a general election won’t save us. We do not have alternatives to opt for. It is a rock or a hard place for us. But clearly, better to try labour as they may at least give us a moment of respite – the present merry go round has become tiresome! Either way, a general election puts the onus back on the electorate, even if the menu remains so unappealingly limited!
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