“One of the challenges for those in government is that government isn’t easy, government is difficult,” Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Baroness Theresa May said onstage at #FortuneMPW.
“It requires in many cases compromise. It requires careful consideration of issues. You always have to think about the law of unintended consequences,” she added.
“It requires in many cases compromise. It requires careful consideration of issues. You always have to think about the law of unintended consequences,” she added.
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00:00What I would say is there's a greater sense, certainly, I see it in the US, in the UK, in other parts of Europe, where people expect greater delivery, faster delivery, from their politicians.
00:15And one of the challenges for those in government is that government isn't easy. Government is difficult. It requires, in many cases, compromise. It requires careful consideration of issues.
00:28You always have to think about the law of unintended consequences. I think this is a great idea. How is it going to affect people? Who will it affect negatively? What's the balance?
00:39But that takes time. But people want to see delivery, and they want to see things happening rather more quickly.
00:46And I think governments have to find a way of negotiating through that, and developing their process so that they're perhaps not quite as lengthy,
00:54but finding ways of still giving that careful consideration to the issues that they're dealing with.