“Not having had a job outside politics or journalism is — by a large margin — the characteristic voters most dislike about Britain’s leading politicians.”
“According to a YouGov poll for The Times the most unwanted admission on an MP’s CV is that they never had a “real” job outside the world of national politics, think-tanks, journalism or local government.”
So what REAL job prepares a politician for understating, debating and implementing laws for the rest of the country on highly complex issues from national finances, departmental budget planning, national security & defence issues, cyber threats, law, order, courts, a sustainable NHS service, and numerous social issues the vast majority of people will never have hands on experience in most of those issues?
To my mind the key requirement of an MP, away from constituency issues, is an analytical mind that can get their heads around important issues, and understand what the right course of action is for the whole country now and for years ahead – so does that mean only bright university graduates need apply, if so, we’re back to square one with drugged up bells on.
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We don’t mind drugs if you had a real job, voters tell MPs.
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Isitmebut · 04/03/2014 00:55
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