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The Dilettante Polymath's avatar

We should NEVER feel sorry for any politician…….and one like Reeves in particular.

She gained office dishonestly, and has discharged her duties to the great detriment of the country - heartlessly.

She knows that that our civil servants have a strategy of ‘de-growing’ the economy…….and has done nothing to halt it.

Did she feel sorry for the children who had to leave their private schools and their friendships, and endure mockery and bullying in the local comp?

She’s been a full-time politician for half her life…….lies, deceit and pretence are her core values.

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Katrin's avatar

As the case of Merkel proves nicely, it matters who shows what kind of emotion, and how frequent the display is.

As somebody known for a cool head and pragmatism, Merkel’s tears indeed came as a surprise, making it credible that they weren’t a trick or strategy. Other politicians who regularly act irrationally or throw choleric fits (a few contemporary examples would come to mind) cannot rely on such an “authentic emotion” excuse …

Then again, Churchill also cried regularly, but it was known he was easily moved, so his contemporaries didn’t view it as a trick either.

The only female ruler getting away with angry outbursts (rather than silent tears) of genuine expression I can think of is Elizabeth I. Any more recent examples?

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