Imagine

Imagine for a moment that you are a conservative politician - one who aspires to lead the nation.

To achieve that ambition you and your team will need to gain the electoral support and presumably the respect of a majority of the voting population.

Imagine also that you have taken a contrary position on the biggest issue impacting the long term prosperity of the nation such that you don't accept either the conventional "science" or "economics" of how to deal with that issue.

And you haven't modified your contrary opposition despite all the nation's scientists and experts going out of their way to inform you and help you gain an understanding of how to deal with the matter.

Given all this, how do you think the people of the nation should treat your quest to lead them?