EU referendum, brexit and the aftermath

My mum loves him.

Sorry, backtracking

I actually think it is possible for people to change and that sometimes it's an overreaction to hold people to what they were like when they were much younger. But, he has always struck me as a chancer and opportunist.

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I think it would not be unreasonable to say that some of the most mature, well-rounded, insightful people who may have the utmost integrity are exactly that because of having lived and dealt with the consequence of real life experience from 'mistakes', or a 'colourful' past. Yes, people can and do change if they have the right heart and these are far more likely to have a better, more resilient character.

I always find it concerning that there are young people harbouring career ambition as politicians and spending their time box ticking (debating societies etc) and being 'squeaky clean' to enter Westminster as a grad. That's not to suggest that there aren't any genuinely impassioned individuals with good reasons why they want to contribute to effecting change, but it seems preferable that politicians are drawn from elsewhere rather than groomed by the existing system.