@CaraBruar @timrichards That's fine. Term limits address the problem, without regard to the age of the person. You have to frame the term limits carefully though, so that people don't change jobs but keep the power and influence. I'd like to see laws that absolutely forbid ex-politicians (and public servants above a certain level of seniority generally) working in the private sector in *any capacity at all, including overseas* for a minimum of five years after leaving office, with criminal penalties if they are found to have done so. Quite happy for them to be paid by the taxpayer to do nothing. But they *must not* be allowed to carry their knowledge and influence into the private sector. Given that these proposals would constrain those who would have to make the laws, I don't see either happening any time soon.