Very interesting - and an interesting prompt to consider how to get politicians to offer a lead on long-term problems when so often their focus is the short-term and the next election - cf the Tory Party conference! Outside of war-time, when have politicians anywhere offered such a lead? And - harder still - when have they done so with real urgency (Greta Thunberg: "the house is on fire!") and successfully? I'm struggling to think of examples which might guide us.
Very interesting - and an interesting prompt to consider how to get politicians to offer a lead on long-term problems when so often their focus is the short-term and the next election - cf the Tory Party conference! Outside of war-time, when have politicians anywhere offered such a lead? And - harder still - when have they done so with real urgency (Greta Thunberg: "the house is on fire!") and successfully? I'm struggling to think of examples which might guide us.