soapbox

摘要

When I am asked to speak to groups of new councillors or those interested in becoming leading councillors, I'm fond of offering up my reflections on successful political leadership. I always remind them that as well as being a numbers game, politics is fundamentally a team sport. This can seem at odds with the perceptions of many outside politics who often relate to Machiavelli's metaphor of a fox to explain the cunning that a leader needs to maintain control.