[joeysteele]

I think power can corrupt.

Once you have uncontrolled power that is, the temptation to settle scores or set out to make things great for you personally may possibly be too tempting to overlook.

think the vast majority of people go into politics for the right reasons and want to make things better for others by being fair and just.

However the trappings of power make for the opposite to be done.

A recent example of that being the last coalition government we had, the Lib Dems were overall a really caring and just party.
In govt; one of their first aims was to ensure the fixed term parliament bill got put in place which would ensure come what may, they had a full 5 years of shared power.

Then what followed on was their support for some of the worst and most heartless moves against the most vulnerable in the UK.
They supported such policies and many other dubious and wrong ones, such as the re-organisation of the NHS too.
For a few miserable Ministerial positions and that 5 years of shared govt.

So I do believe once given power it can corrupt,the bigger problem comes too when already corrupt individuals may find themselves eventually in power.

The answer to it is much harder to find however, in my view.