Failure

Failure is a word that dogs politicians. The demands of office means and the nature of the job means that most politicians eventually run out of steam, ideas and energy. Unfortunately that's often before their terms are up and often before they realise themselves that it's time to go. The catalogue of their mistakes starts to mount and they lose the ability to persuade others to get things done. The end usually comes at the hands of their colleagues who eventually realise that if they don't do something then their necks are on the chopping block as well.