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The return of the used teabag

Charisma and the danger of doing real politics

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James Robins
Jun 11, 2024
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WHEN ALL IS FLAT and bland and grey, and when the modern function of a political party is to go its pollsters and say ‘Tell us what to believe and we’ll stand by it’, only those with an edge of genuine personality are capable of upsetting (or accentuating) the routine cruelty of power. You do not need an electron microscope to notice the decay of the so…

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