
How to get better leaders – with Brian Klaas
Daily Politics from the New Statesman
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The Future of Democracy Is a Double-Edged Sword
People who think they might want a political career at some point scrubbing their social media presence and being very careful about what they do and don't use. You end up with a double-edged sword you either end up scrutinizing so much that you end up torpedoing people who actually could make quite good politicians because they said something stupid 10 or 15 years ago. I'm not optimistic in the short term Democratic decline is going to continue but there is a choice that electorates make about how much backlash they want to give to politicians who screw up. This will be one of the big tests in the next general election in the UK whether it comes soon or when it's scheduled. If we are
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