The end of trust in the politicians
“My fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” John F Kennedy The quote above inspired a generation to engage in public service as politicians, civil servants or community workers. I was inspired to get involved in politics as a youngster by the two Kennedy brothers and the belief that you should give something back to society – that politics was a noble professional. With the latest scandal in the UK over the child sex abuse just starting to come out I wonder if we can ever trust our politicians again. We expect - no demand that the state protects children in its care - it clearly has failed those children and though this deals with probably the period of the 1960s to the late 1980s we need to know that there are proper procedures in place now. This is of course on the back of the expenses scandal and the financial crisis which we expected our politicians to have protected us from happening. We ar...