"David Cameron’s shadow is so long and so dark. His loss of the Brexit referendum will dominate his place in history – but the problems he has bequeathed to his successors go well beyond that." -
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This is excellent but as I was going through it, for Cameron, it is easy to substitute any number of lightweight politicians in all parties who arrived via the same route. No experience but a good CV via public school and Oxbridge.
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It is also notable that in such a long autobiography he devotes only a few lines to his seven years as Director of Corporate Affairs at Carlton Communications
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An interesting piece but in 2013 and 2014 all the mainstream economics correspondents on terrestrial channels parroted the continuing need for austerity and failed to subject it to any critical analysis
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“The dignity of office and the size of his majority will imbue banality with solidity.”
Perfect description of the Eton effect on our public life. How much of a disaster are we going to have to endure to break from its grip, now we’ve obviously reached the nadir with
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