Don’t Be a Boris
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Source: The post is based on an article “Don’t Be A Boris” published in The Times of India on 8th July 2022.

Syllabus: GS 4 Ethics – in Private and Public Relationships; Public/Civil Service Values and Ethics in Public Administration:

Relevance: The Boris Johnson Case

News: Recently, senior cabinet ministers in Britain resigned. Further, Boris Johnson also resigned as the leader of the Conservatives.

About Boris Johnson

He led his party to a landslide parliamentary majority in December 2019, biggest since 1987. He was also involved in Brexit.

Issues

He was involved in a scandal. Therefore, he was tumbled out of the PM’s office with farcical regularity.

Since Brexit, the incomes aren’t up and Britain isn’t stronger.

What are the morality lessons that should be learnt by other democracies?

Even leaders with massive mandates need to be mindful of the fact that the office needs to command at least a measure of respect and authority.

The political parties must respond faster when they sense their leaders are proving to be a liability.

The world’s elected leaders keep in mind that they shouldn’t take the governed for granted.


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