2022 has been a year of scandals for the UK Conservative government. Lockdown parties have led to Boris Johnson becoming the first serving Prime Minister in UK history to be sanctioned for breaking the law. Whilst initially keeping his head above water, further public fury over his appointment of Chris Pincher as Deputy Chief Whip despite being aware of his previous allegations of sexual assault proved the tipping point for his resignation.
But this is old news, what’s important now is that we don’t make the same mistakes again. With the final ballot determining whether Rishi Sunak or Liz Truss becomes our next Prime Minister set to take place on Friday, we must ask ourselves: what aspects of leadership should we actually be looking for in our leaders?
For too long, leaders have been chosen because of their charisma and rhetoric, and this…
