This may seem a strange thing to say: Democracy isn’t actually about finding out what the people want and just trying to do it. Democracy is about setting out a vision and a plan for the country and persuading people to follow it.
This may seem a strange thing to say: Democracy isn’t actually about finding out what the people want and just trying to do it. Democracy is about setting out a vision and a plan for the country and persuading people to follow it.
Classic Sir Tony. The Amol Rajan interview with him the other day on BBC was good though. Especially liked when Amol read out a very frank paragraph from his recent book about the allure of wielding power and asked him to comment on it.