What is it about Britain that has produced such a litany of failed leaders? Will Hutton
almost 6 years in The guardian
Today’s Tory and Labour politicians lack the will of their predecessors to reach out to others across the social divide
Britain faces a crisis of political leadership. Neither the right nor the left of politics is capable of throwing up a figure who can bind their respective coalitions together and sustain parliamentary majorities best to navigate Brexit or Remain and their aftermath.
Faith in parliamentary democracy is plummeting; belief in strongman politics is rising; the view that there is an elite, of which the political class is a member, intent only on feathering its own nest and pursuing its own sectarian interests, is widespread. Continue reading...
Who is popular today?
