Should we be ignoring the current political climate?
Posting date:
18 Sep 2019
For years we have heard about the apathetic millennials who are more interested in voting in reality TV contests than in General Elections but now it seems the generations are unified with the same feeling of dread.
As someone who operates in the mid-senior Accounting and Finance Space, I have always made an effort; despite my current apathy, to keep up to date with current affairs - to stay on top of political conversations across the globe and ensure I can not only have insightful conversations with the exceptional professionals I speak to daily, but also, offer my own opinions and often, advice.
I have always been very much a political activist. Fascinated by the psychology involved in political decisions and the outrage that often follows. I am a regular participant in peaceful protests, marches and online debate yet, for the first time in a long-time I’m switching off. And what’s more terrifying is that I’m not alone in being absolutely uninterested, bored and quite frankly, turned off by the current political climate and the everyday Brexit chat that follows.
Almost daily the ‘B’ word pops into conversation and almost daily I am told by my network of Finance Directors, CFOs, Transformation Specialists and all-round financial geniuses that they too are bored of Brexit. Fed up with the ifs, buts and maybes. Tired of having conversation after conversation that ends in the same, ‘well I guess we’ll find out soon’ and unhopeful that the three year saga will end on October 31st.
For me, this is devastating. For the first time in a long time we have a huge population of engaged British voters, wanting to voice their opinions and desires from an ever-changing parliament and yet, just like that, we’re turning off the activists and followers of British politics who have always been patriots of the cause.
As a whole, it seems we are ignoring the current political climate but, my question to you is, should we?
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