The Lack of Talent in Politics

In the labor party, it is fundamentally because of the way that we select candidates. And so we end up with a class of politicians who may very well be well meaning people but aren't right for the public roll. The conservative party has been engulfed in a sort of trump style right wing politics where extreme voices are breaking through and they're causing havoc internally within the party. It's depressing at all levels from poll to counsellor to cotty councillor - i'm not sure what else to do. Until we fix the way that We select candidates, we are going to have a depressing lack of talent within the party," he says.