Weekend Open Forum
Technical difficulties should be over... we hope! What tech issues have you had?
Hiding disappointment is a necessary skill for politicians, particularly during election campaigns. When the mask slips it must be very bad news.
Politics is often about style over substance.
The importance of being seen to do something is such that the results rarely matter. By the time a policy position has shown itself to be ineffective the interest in the issue has waned.
Public interest goes in a cycle which is why we continue to see the same policy discussions coming back.
Join 50K+ readers of the no spin Weekly Dose of Common Sense email. It's FREE and published every Wednesday since 2009