Can local religion revive local communities? January 7, 2014 by Fulcrum On New Year’s Eve, Radio 4’s Today programme featured a debate on the power of leadership to change entrenched thinking. New CEO of Barclays Bank, Anthony Jenkins, argued that leadership offers an alternative vision. Leadership works against a fatalistic sense that nothing can or should ever change. Jenkins claimed that only strong leadership could turn around the deep-seated culture of political and economic short-termism created by the financial crash. Chris Baker on God and Politics. 7 January 2014 FulcrumShareTweetShare