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Policy v Character

Apr 16th, 2009

Chris Dillow is probably the best political blogger in the UK.

Here he asks whether we should judge politicians by their policies or their characters?

More on this here shortly.

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Posted in: Being a politician, What makes a good representative?.
Tagged: Character · Chris Dillow · John Lloyd · Policy

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