US Politics, Video, World Politics, WTF February 3, 2018 | Kirsty Vitarelli Tags: Britain, Decency, Donald Trump, Lord Bates, Manners What Made a British Politician ‘Thoroughly Ashamed’? Reading Time: 2 minutes In Britain, a thoroughly decent public figure makes an honest mistake, then bends over backwards to make amends. Imagine an American politician behaving this way.