Professor Kingsley's feelings towards politics in general were complicated. She enjoyed the competition of it all, especially at this stage, and she enjoyed challenging herself to think about where her values lay and what was important to her. But, she also disliked the implication that there was one person who could be trusted to be in charge of them all. It was true that while the Minister was the voice of the country that he didn't make decisions entirely on his own, their advisors certainly played a part in this all, but it still didn't always sit well with her. And that wasn't even considering her personal feelings of having lost her husband to the position. Over the past decade, she wasn't sure she could even put a number to the number of cancelled dinners and events, the number of life interruptions that her family had needed to withstand because of her husband's position as Minister. Cyndi knew it was selfish of her to think this way, but she missed the relationship that she and her husband had prior to him becoming Minister. The old Cameron would never have made a decision like the one he'd made prior to the school year starting. The woman gave a glance around, spotting her husband some rows back. She lifted a hand in greeting.
One of the biggest things she'd learned during her interactions with other politicians while escorting her husband to this event or that was that it was often what they didn't say that was the most important thing. In light of the revelations regarding Metrophanes Matthias, that was startling, she knew that it was even more true today. As the debate came to an end, the professor remained silent for a moment before turning to the professor beside her, a good friend, Monty. "Well that was enlightening" she stated as she stood. The woman had come into this debate favoring one of the opponents, but now she wasn't so sure. She liked Claudia Holland but something about her laser focus on muggleborn children didn't sit well with her. Would children like her own, who had been raised in the wizarding world and experienced their own form of difficulties because of who their father was, not receive the assistance they needed? She wasn't sure that she could answer that in the affirmative based on this debate. Carter had been uncharacteristically silent, which had sent a pang of sympathy through her that she was uncomfortable having. Cyndi was still not on speaking terms with him. Alexander Cade and Ioan Finch's comments had struck her the most, giving her pause. "Do you think they'll send us for training?" she chuckled, wondering what it would be like to have to sit in a classroom again to learn. It had been years since she'd done so.