Reflections 29th May.

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On my Mind

Mischief

In Middle English to be full of mischief was to be miserable; to make mischief was "to result in misery."

Mischievous Governance

I was reminded this week that trust and respect are built one relationship at a time, but can be quickly destroyed at scale. As the ongoing, sad spectacle of the hubris and arrogance that can accompany power played out via the Sue Gray report, it was not that which triggered the thought. It was the mischievous action of changing the rules so that breaking them becomes a tactical option without penalty, reached without consultation with,or permission of, those who will be affected.

When the elected consider themselves appointed, we have reached an important inflection point. I was going to say dangerous, but I think important is better because it gives us more positive options. The Boris saga will play itself out until he is either ejected by political fratricide to be replaced by a new, "improved" cloned versi…