There’s a hard truth in politics: judgment is currency, and once it’s questioned, authority erodes quickly, just look at Keir Starmer facing unease within his own ranks as decisions pile up without confidence behind them.
The contrast at home is uncomfortable; when leadership repeatedly makes senior appointments that raise eyebrows, it signals either a troubling tolerance for mediocrity or a deeper disregard for public accountability.
A country ultimately gets the standard it accepts, if questionable decisions are met with silence or partisan defence, they become the norm rather than the exception, and governance drifts from merit to convenience.
Gordon Laughlin,
Westmoorings
