Like the muscle on a broken arm, a nation’s political class withers and atrophies for want of use: after decades of rule from Brussels, it will take Britain many years to grow from scratch a new generation of truly worthy leaders.
The United Kingdom isn’t presently dealing with just a Boris Johnson problem. It’s suffering — and suffering really is the word — from a political class problem. While the ruling Conservatives rightly shoulder the lion’s share of media scrutiny as the governing party, there’s no doubt the parties in Westminster and beyond in the devolved administrations appear to harbour a share of sexually dangerous predators, antisemites, frauds, substance abusers, and much else well beyond the average you might expect in the wider population.
This is not unique. Money, commercial interests, supranational organisations, pressure groups, and a constellation of thousands of other probably well-meaning but ultimately putrifying influences push and shove politicians, political parties, whole governments in the direction of those narrow concerns, relieving politicians of the need to think. Look at the special interest-dominated thinking in Washington, Paris, or Berlin to know.
This means a lower class of politician. Mediocrity breeds worse, creating a negative feedback loop. This is where we are. Breitbart.
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