I’m in Charge! No, I’m in Charge!
Following his first Cabinet meeting after having become First Lord of the Treasury, the Duke of Wellington opined that he “gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.” Such was the reaction of a man used to being in total command succumbing to the realisation that power in civilian life isn’t wielded nearly as straightforwardly as on the battlefield. Humans often overestimate the impregnability of their position. Whether it’s thinking themselves…