Ex-MP Rory Stewart was talking about why he came into and left politics. He travelled in Afghanistan when you’d have thought to do so was certain death. He saw a majority there living in absolute poverty. Returning to the UK, he saw a majority living in unimaginable (to those Afghans) luxury; but a minority in squalor, prisons full of the illiterate, immigrants and scroungers blamed for all woes. Problem is, to stay in government you need to keep a majority of the majority on side. So best intentions, to effect change and ‘make a difference’, soon disappear in every generation of politicians. Cheer up, everyone. At least we don’t live in America.
Should Financial Education be as important as Sex Education?
We’ve talked before about the ‘Hotel des Parents’, where many are having stay well into their thirties, until incomes finally catch up with house prices and they can step onto the ladder and become first-time buyers.
