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Originally Posted by OLD BOY
Quite. However, the measure that I would use is capability to do the job
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Capability is more than just delivering a few PowerPoint slides.
It's getting the nation to trust you and to win the argument that they need to forgo many of the things that they would like to do, like meeting loved ones and attending sporting fixtures. You just cease to be convincing if you ignore the rules that you want the rest of the country to follow. You only need to look at Tony Blair's tattered reputation after the WMD fiasco in Iraq to appreciate the difference that trust in a politician provides.
Nick Hancock knows this and that's why he said that Professor Neil Ferguson* who broke social distancing rules by having a woman visit him at his home did the right thing by resigning.
[Ferguson was the epidemiologist who helped shape the government’s response to coronavirus and who advocated the lockdown.]