Public service is not about heroic individualism

As our glorious summer of sporting success fades into the season of mists and party conferences, there’s no doubt about the feel-good factor generated by the Olympics and Paralympics. It’s as though, as the mayor of London put it, the whole nation has been crop sprayed with serotonin.

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