By: Tom Harrison

Term limits for politicians is an idea that deserves some more public scrutiny. It might be a bad idea because it limits choice between experience and novelty. It might be a good idea because our political system may tend to favour the entrenched interests of those who hold power and also advantage them to the detriment of new ideas and new people. Having spent a couple of decades in retail politics I can see both sides, but I also think that terms limits in our political system is a legitmate idea that deserves some serious consideration.