Reva Gudi: When principle meets power we must surely always hold the line?

Reva Gudi: When principle meets power we must surely always hold the line?

Dr Reva Gudi is GP and healthcare leader in Hayes, Middlesex, she is also a former Conservative parliamentary candidate, and serves as a local school governor and charity trustee.  Of late, following on from more scandals, standards rows and ministerial controversy, I asked myself whether the Nolan Principles of public life are still fit for purpose. Perhaps outdated? Too idealistic? Impossible to live up to in modern politics? And yet, as expec…