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It's hilarious to me that Theresa May holds the same position as Churchill, Atlee, even Thatcher, etc. It seems like back in those days she would have been judged too incompetent to even be a minister. Can you imagine her being in charge during WWII, for example? We would've been conquered in a week.
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Irrespective of party politics and left / right affiliation, my main disappointment with contemporary politicians is their lack of thought leadership.
Leadership as a politician does not just mean having a grasp of your cabinet and making decisions for the county.
It should mean helping your constituents to understand difficult truths. Through speeches, media, example and other means our politicians should be explaining hard concepts:
Why immigration makes more jobs not fewer.
Why multiculturalism is not a loss of identity.
Why all members of society deserve respect and equal treatment.
Why cucumbers are straight and why we have red passports.
But, I never hear these things addressed, explained and defused.
A lot of the comments in that ^ post are just ignorance. I don't blame the ignorance. I blame the leaders that allow the ignorance to continue.
Stand the fuck up, government, and make things better, you useless shower of bickering scarecrows. Churchill would have. Atlee would have. Benn would have. To an extent, Thatcher would have.