Sorry always seems the hardest word….
Posted by Ricky in Opinion under National | on Jul 17 2008
For those of us not in government - and I mean government in its wide sense - the issue that most reveals the psychological disconnect between us is the inability, on the part of those who govern, to say "sorry".
Ed Balls was asked by the select committee whether he would ‘apologise’ for the SATS fiasco. Like the proverbial ostrich, his head stuck in the bubble of government, he appears unaware of both the ridiculousness and the vulnerability of his posture. Thousands of our citizens, children, parents, teachers, have been let down horribly. When hurt has been caused - and hurt is a mild word to describe the distress caused - the first instinct should be to apologise, to empathise, not to launch an enquiry as to how things have gone wrong!
Arrogance breeds its own reward, and hurt turns to anger very quickly.