one nation breathing down their red necks! never! the red head has the reddest neck by far but votes only with her old party, she has limited time in politics, two party preferred will continue to in the end be our government, not another out small party, but! without improvement one of those two may splinter and a true third option be the result

Foxy,

I vote for the party/person whose platform most closely reflects my values, I don't necessarily agree with everything they say or do.

The ministries are run by professional public servants. The Minister is there to ensure that the department priorities align with the election promises. Appointing someone from a different party with different priorities would be counterproductive.

Dear Shadow Minister,

In industry important works are run by project managers
who have the required knowledge and training for the given
task. The same is true in business organisations. Running
a country is much the same. So why can't the best and the
brightest with their expertise be available to guide - much
the same as project managers do. As for individual priorities
and values? Those are personal issues and should have no
bearing on the jobs at hand. For example, a project manager in the
building industry who has always project managed housing -
suddenly is given the task of managing hospitals. Is he going
to give less of himself to the new task?

cont'd ...

Running a country is not a political issue or it
shouldn't be. It is a management issue.
And politics should stay in the back-room.

Many people are religious, but they don't bring
their religion to work - or they shouldn't.
In politics you're afterall supposed to represent
ALL of the electorate - and govern for everyone.
Just like a project manager. No matter what his
personal beliefs or preferences may be. Therefore
the same should apply to running the country.
You should not just represent a select few. You
should represent the entire nation.

No point voting in my electorate, it's National Party first second and last.

If there were some chance (any chance), I'd be on board to chuck the arrogant C* out!

Foxy, Sunday, 24 June 2018 10:43:32 AM- post

Answer- The Republic advocated a beneign dictatorship critics have accused Socrates / Plato of being overly trusting of human nature. Perhaps Foxy has too here- but it's nice to be compared with Socrates.