Leadership is simply the ability to get people to follow you.

A leader can rouse, inspire and inflame. They can create a fervour where, even against their better judgement, they follow them into the very jaws of death.

The most stirring example of leadership can be seen with acts such as ‘the charge of the Light Brigade’. Mad it might have been but they did it.

A leader points and says ‘over there’ – ‘this way’. If they have leadership qualities people get up and do what they are told – they follow.

A Manager sorts out the practicalities for getting to the destination.

Every scheme requires good leadership and management in order to succeed.

History is full of leaders who changed the world for better or worse.

On the dark side we have leaders such as Pol Pot, Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Milosevic.

On the bright side we have Ghandi, Martin Luther King and Mandela.

Strong leaders can be very dangerous. They can lead us into war, genocide and huge economic disaster. If their idealism and vision is not fully thought through and managed it can lead into ruin. However if a leader has a sound vision and the pragmatism (or support team) to enable it to succeed they can lead us to prosperity and happiness.

If a leader fails their credibility is shot. They are through.

All our politicians have leadership qualities. They have inspired people to follow and vote for them.

In the referendum there were leaders who succeeded and leaders who failed.

Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage and Michael Gove all succeeded. They asked the people to vote out and they did.

David Cameron, George Osborn and Jeremy Corbyn all failed. They asked the public to vote in and they didn’t.

That is why Cameron has resigned, Osborn is a lame duck who cannot succeed him and Corbyn should now go. A failed leader has nowhere to run. They are discredited.