conducted by compassion and politics we learnt a0 perception percent of people have lost trust in uk politicians over the last 12 months. if we look back over the momentous events over that period, from the fall of capital to the pandemic to russian invasion of ukraine and the cost of living crisis, what other conclusion can we draw that we have failed in our duty to seek to uphold the trust of the public? the sense of failure isn t just a the trust of the public? the sense of failure isn tjust a rhetorical gambit, a professional nicety, an optional extra for us here. from anti backs as to the valley mayor putin regime, when we fail to confront mistruths, we create a truth vacuum in which division sets holes. when any truth is as good as any other, division along political lines comes to matter more than agreement on the common ground of fax. this matters. we work as an institution where we can t call out the lies of another member, regardless of their position and