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"The recent turmoil in British politics has led much of the political
establishment and commentariat to agree on one thing: what the country needs
now is competence, the more boring the better. The last thing we need is risky
ideas.
After the erratic administrations of Boris Johnson and Liz Truss, this is
understandable. But it risks misreading both the needs of the times and the
lessons of history. Profound crises demand leaders who are also imaginative and
agile. Competence alone rarely turns out to be enough.
That imagination is now often seen as an alternative to competence, rather than
its complement, shows what a serious state British politics is in – as the
combined costs of austerity, stagnant productivity, Brexit, weakened public
institutions and a diminished standing in the world become ever more apparent.
So serious are these problems, they have prompted one of British politics’ rare
sea-changes, with Labour well ahead in the polls after the arrival of yet
another Conservative prime minister. But although it’s clear the country needs
a period of rebuilding after the mistakes of recent years, it’s much less clear
where the necessary long-term ideas, strategies and plans will come from."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
