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A lot of politicians are ignorant on areas they make decisions about. Amber Rudd and encryption is an example. So they have an education (in NI it's often politics or law) which should fit their job but it's not always any use.
Either everyone can do it as her education didn't help OR expertise should mean you have a background that fits your ministerial post perhaps?
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None of what Tommmmmmmm said was actually an answer to the question I asked though (barring the last sentence). Or the question I mean to ask - I didn't mean to suggest demanding qualifications in any formal manner. I can demand things of people without any legal constraints.
And elected experts are people to, so I'm not sure why that would risk not having a country ruled "by the people."
There seems to be an opinion here that we shouldn't worry about expertise in the case of governing (although we demand it in pretty much every other situation - from child-minding to food preparation). I'm curious as to why that is as it seems to fit nicely in with Gove's infamous position re: Brexit.
Re: politicians setting direction (@tommmmmmm) - this is the historical/philosophical crux of the issue, perhaps. Surely knowing what direction is the correct direction is a skill in itself. See the ship-of-state metaphor.