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And it may be to do with the sort of semi—professionalisation of british politics, the idea that so many people go straight from university into the sort ofjunior ranks of the party machine and then suddenly find themselves, i mean, extraordinarily, in positions of astonishing responsibility. is there any question, therefore, that we might get stuck in all this, or is this a temporary blip? there are sort of two broad views of this. at one extreme is that actually things could get worse, that the events of the last six years, the sort of tumult ever since britain left the european union, the...

And although the leave side won, it wasn't a government that had won, there wasn't a particular plan. i mean, those in government would tend to take the view more that they've been sort of buffeted by difficult events — by covid, by the war in ukraine — and that they've never really had a chance to sort of get stuck in. and the other problem seems to be the quality of the people in in government. it is certainly the case that british politicians themselves will tell people like me, "goodness gracious, rob, we don't "have the statesmen, we don't have those towering "authorities who, when th...

British politicians themselves will tell people like me, "goodness gracious, rob, we don't "have the statesmen, we don't have those towering "authorities who, when they speak in parliament, you really "want to stop and listen." and i think there is some truth in that argument, and it may be to do with the sort of semi—professionalisation of british politics, the idea that so many people go straight from university into thejunior ranks of the party machine and then suddenly find themselves, i mean, extraordinarily, in positions of astonishing responsibility. is there any question, therefore, ...