Is there anything wrong with ex-PMs fading away and leading normal lives after their political reign? I see no reason for this to be a problem...when the rest of us lose our jobs, we don’t get special privileges. When someone applies for the job of prime minister, they know what it entails, and it’s not leading a celebrity lifestyle for the rest of their lives. Throughout their reign, a prime minister's main concern is imaging -the exercise of creating a public self. Apparently, as soon as their reign is over, this facework imaging drops, and their whining and complaining true selves kick in. The fact that, like ex-American presidents, the prime ministers don’t get smothered in security and attention is a good thing. Our tax dollars can go to more useful things than protecting “their fragile egos.”To watch a short video of President Bill Clinton being treated like a celebrity, click here:
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