When you look at some of the power-hungry politicians in the UK today; the ones who think 1+1=2. It might do, in a maths class, but in government, when you have all the power there is, comes grave responsibility! And 1+1 is not always that easy 2.
It is of course a total waste of time, appealing to politicians to set their personal thirst for power aside and work with other politicians for the greater good: to get people out of poverty so that they stop rioting just because we have a few thousand people illegally entering the country (not that it should be condoned, but it is not riot-worthy! It is a matter that you can pen a letter to your MP for, not toss rocks at the police!), create new industry, new sectors etc.
The reality is that once power-hungry folk get all the power they’re after, they find that with it, comes grave responsibility and there’s nowhere to hide.
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