I think Politician should not be a career option! You go into politics to serve your country not isolate yourself in an Ivory tower from real life. I think that being an MP should be limited to two terms of parliament (that is two elections) and one of the criteria of being an MP is that you have a career in something else outside of politics!
As Lao Tzu says "When the Master governs, the people are hardly aware that he exists. Next best is a leader who is loved. Next, one who is feared. The worst is one who is despised.
If you don't trust the people, you make them untrustworthy.
The Master doesn't talk, he acts. When his work is done, the people say, 'Amazing: we did it, all by ourselves!'".
Who was the last Prime Minister in this country who wasn't despised? I can't think of anyone since Winston Churchill!
Who was the last one that wasn't on an ego power trip?
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