Government corruption is a failure of the system's ability to maintain oversight and guardrails, rather than an inherent quality of all politicians.

“the issue is not the people. It's not really even the game of politics. it's the system and whether or not we are protecting the system to make sure that the bad apples get weeded out.”

Rory Stewart believes that the voting age should be lowered to 16, provided it is accompanied by robust political and civic education in schools.

“Because I wanted it to be accompanied by proper political and [music] civic education in schools.”

Liberalism has become extreme and virulent due to an underlying mythic structure that reflexively views minorities as virtuous and majorities as dangerous.

“the whole liberal identity is essentially egalitarian and has no bounds on how far it can go and that's why it's gone in such a sort of extreme direction”

Alastair Campbell expresses concern about younger voters being drawn to extremism through social media and advocates for early, structured civic education.

“What I'm terrified about is how drawn they are because of Tik Tok to the extremes. That's what I'm terrified of and that's what I think we have to be aware of.”

Effective political leadership requires the courage to compromise and find common ground rather than focusing on absolute, potentially divisive solutions that may not be sustainable or supported by th

“political courage actually sometimes involves and usually involves compromise and putting water in your wine and finding common ground and bringing together a cohesive vision that we can all get behind, even if it's not optimal for either side.”

McQuade believes that exposure, accountability, and collective action are essential strategies to dismantle corrupt government structures and restore the rule of law.

“I think that by banding together, by speaking out, we can defeat this kind of corruption.”

Hyperpolitics is defined as a phenomenon of increased political activity and consciousness that occurs without the creation of durable institutional structures.

“Hyperpolitics in the most succinct definition would be a process of repoliticization without reinstitutionalization.”