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Topic: Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country
Posted by: Joe Conneely
Date/Time: 24/07/15 05:31:00

Sam's comments had me thinking that political parties are much like football clubs in many ways - the members/fans think they own it and have a say because they pay the price of entry but the reality is they only want success (Chelsea and how Abramovich runs it being the epitome of how fans can be controlled).

Shareholders in companies in theory own the company but unless a major shareholder in most quoted public companies the reality is the key directors and any key shareholder run the company. The recent departure of the Barclays CEO was more he was not getting on with cleaning out the stables fast enough or considered to have the strategic mindset needed to steer the bank forward rather than an investment banking argument from all I have read.

All of which gets me to my simple point that whatever the organisation type it is lack of stewardship (leaving the entity in a better state than when joined) and strategy (key and simple concepts that can be well communicated even if implementation is not as simple) that results in the myth that lack of leadership and the need to bring in new and overpaid is produced as the panacea. 

In politics the same applies and is endlessly defeated by the short termism of most recent party leaders. The result is those party leaders only want one thing from their party members which is unfailing loyalty and not questioning of their "policies"!


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TopicDate PostedPosted By
Politics in this Country 22/07/15 22:28:00 Claire Moran
   Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 09:13:00 Richard Greenhough
      Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 11:00:00 Phil Andrews
         Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 12:11:00 Vanessa Smith
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 12:50:00 Claire Moran
         Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 12:15:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 12:55:00 Claire Moran
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 14:07:00 Cllr Sam Hearn
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 14:19:00 Claire Moran
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 19:51:00 Kathleen Healy
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 23/07/15 20:08:00 Michael Brown
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 24/07/15 05:31:00 Joe Conneely
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 24/07/15 09:35:00 Phil Andrews
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Politics in this Country 24/07/15 10:51:00 Claire Moran
                           Re:MCB News24/07/15 09:15:00 Richard Greenhough
                              Re:Re:MCB News24/07/15 10:28:00 Russell Pearson
                                 Re:Re:Re:MCB News24/07/15 10:58:00 Huw Burford-Taylor
                                    Re:Re:Re:Re:Marr interview with Corbyn27/07/15 05:38:00 Joe Conneely
                                       Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Marr interview with Corbyn27/07/15 09:04:00 Richard Greenhough
                                          Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Marr interview with Corbyn27/07/15 10:13:00 Joe Conneely

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