Too ‘triggered’ to run the country?
Natalie Fleet's resignation shows how therapy culture has eroded our leaders’ sense of duty. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "James Dixon" }) James Dixon 25th July 2026 i Getty Share Topics Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? They would scarcely believe that a senior British politician had cited such a silly-sounding reason for stepping down. Politics is ultimately about exercising power, restraint and good judgement, especially under pressure.
- ▪Natalie Fleet's resignation shows how therapy culture has eroded our leaders’ sense of duty. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "James Dixon" }) James Dixon 25th July 2026 i Getty Share Topics Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-f
- ▪They would scarcely believe that a senior British politician had cited such a silly-sounding reason for stepping down.
- ▪Politics is ultimately about exercising power, restraint and good judgement, especially under pressure.
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Too ‘triggered’ to run the country? Natalie Fleet's resignation shows how therapy culture has eroded our leaders’ sense of duty. i Getty dataLayer.push({ event: 'author', author: "James Dixon" }) James Dixon 25th July 2026 i Getty Share Topics Politics UK Want unlimited, ad-free access? Become a spiked supporter. Though Presidents Xi and Putin might be slightly ambivalent about what is, in the grand scheme of things, a bit of a small ministerial role, imagine the briefing crossing the desks in Beijing or Moscow: Britain’s safeguarding minister has just resigned because, in her words, the job was too ‘triggering’, as Natalie Fleet did this week. They would scarcely believe that a senior British politician had cited such a silly-sounding reason for stepping down.
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