philanthropyBy Jude Cook

Sep 24, 2024 | thespectator.com | Freddy Gray |Sebastian Shakespeare |philanthropyBy Jude Cook |Jude Cook

“Some things are more important than staying in power,” Joe Biden just told the United Nations, and the General Assembly broke into sustained applause. Biden left the stage clasping his hand to his chest, so touched that he had so touched the crowd. “It’s your people that matter the most,” said Biden. “Never forget we are here to serve the people. Not the other way around.” It says quite a lot about the state of modern political leadership that such remarks are construed as moving insight.