[garinda]

Originally Posted by Ken Moss

First two rules of survival in politics as far as I can see:

1. Don't be afraid to admit sometimes that you've cocked up

2. Be able to laugh at yourself

I held a surgery in Rishton last week and a long-running sore point came up which I thought we'd sorted out in July but it turns out we were badly informed. To try and defend a wrong decision that wasn't really our fault would have been absolute suicide, the residents were far more appreciative of a bit of honesty that things hadn't gone according to plan.

Thanks for the karma!

Survival, perhaps, but to succeed in politics, here are three better rules.

1. Don't be afraid to admit that other people have cocked up.

2. Be able to laugh at others.

3. Tear up the rule book.