One of the great divides between the people who comment on politics, and the people who do it for a living goes something like this:
Commentariat: Why do politicians feel the need to be constantly making announcements and being seen to do stuff – even to the point of preferring to do something pointless – or even damaging – to doing nothing at all?
And, in contrast…
Politicians: People who don’t realise why we have to constantly be seen to be doing things wouldn’t survive five minutes as a politician.
Here’s a comment on The Rose Review (via Matthew Taylor’s blog)
