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Political leadership
Political leadership is…
- …about public service. It is about working for the people.
- …about reflecting public opinion. It is about working for the people.
- …about delivering what the electorate have asked for. It is about working for the people.
- …about setting good examples.
Political leadership is not…
- …bullying the electorate into following your opinion. That would be arrogant and rude.
- …quiting because you do not agree with the electorate. That would be childish.
- …trying to stab fellow politicians in the back. That would be untrustworthy .
- …sowing fear. That would be cancerous.
Some of this countries leadership seem to have forgotten what they are there to do, or maybe they just do not care.
Women covering thier faces
While watching bbc question time and the debate about women wearing veils, and hearing the two sides arguing whether it is about choice or forcing women to hide, I wonder how those sides would change if it was a debate about women feeling the need to wear make-up when they go out. Is it really right to consider legislating about one form of face covering but not another? #equality should mean having the right to be different, not the obligation to all be the same. If a woman does or doesn’t want to go out au natural isn’t that her choice? Regardless of whether that is a head covering or makeup?
Remembrance Sunday
This morning I walked down to the local Polish War Memorial on the A40 West London. There was a there was a small crowd of maybe 20 people, some local community police officers and two local councillors who lay wreaths and read a short dedication.
Afterwards I spent some time reading the names of the fallen on the wall behind the Memorial, as I did so, I thought about why the Memorial was there and why I had come. I am not Polish, I did not serve in the war, though my father did. I do not believe the Polish fought for just Polish or that the English fought for just the English. I believe they thought as we should for each other. I laid my poppy at the foot of Memorial and went home quietly grateful to all who fought so that I might be free. I hope to do the same next year.
