Career politicians

I've written before at greater length about politicians and platitudes, and how political bullshit is best detected when you can’t find a person on the planet who would argue the opposite of a comment made by someone with great passion. Tonight I was at a dinner…

Only 21 MPs elected in 1979 were career politicians with little outside experience; by 2015 the number had risen to 205. Source: Let’s say good riddance to career politicians | Comment | The Times & The Sunday Times

I've written before at greater length about politicians and platitudes, and how political bullshit is best detected when you can’t find a person on the planet who would argue the opposite of a comment made by someone with great passion. Tonight I was at a dinner…