Politics

[Hannoir]

Hi all,
I'm now working in the exciting world of politics, and am building up a bit of experience in some different areas. If you want any advice etc then please DM me (or email would be better, not sure if my email address shows though!) I'd rather not talk the contentious issue of "politics" on here

[englishangel]

Your email address doesn't show Hannah, an email would come via the forum and the sender could put their email address in it for a direct reply.

[Hannoir]

hmm it's in my profile I thought? ok - DM, whatever, I'll get an email to tell me if I get one

[rockfreak]

Much has happened since 2011 when this thread was first posted. But my immediate reaction would be not: "Do you want to get into politics?" but "What do you believe in?"

Harold Wilson once famously said that the Labour party was a crusade or it was nothing. Your thread seems to be putting things in the wrong order. You get into politics because you have a burning desire to change things. Touting Politics as purely a career option seems to me to be attracting entirely the wrong sort of people. Over the years the Tories have been very good at getting back into power, often utilising the smooth, plausible demeanour of the products of our public schools. But Christ's Hospital has been something of an exception here with its Labour people (the boy Hilto an opportunistic exception). Does social conviction figure at all here?