A Point of View - In the Grey Zone
Mark Damazer says we need to find a different vocabulary to define political leadership and achievement.
'The rhetoric that accompanied Alistair Darling's death,' Mark writes, 'raises some age-old questions about the way we think and judge our political masters'.
He questions why 'this torrent of respect, admiration and affection' can only happen when a politician dies. 'You simply don't talk this way about any living politician', he says, 'unless you're a cultist'.
The present way of judging politicians, he believes, gives us little idea who is any good at getting the job done.
Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound: Peter Bosher
Production coordinator: Gemma Ashman
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
Published on Friday, 12th January 2024.
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