In its painful metamorphosis, however, a final stage remains for our democracy. Having savoured government-by-the-intimate (and we are struggling with it), we could do no worse than vote along the lines of merit at the end of this electoral cycle. The alternatives are unpleasant.
One of the few redeeming features of the domestic echo chamber is the ludicrous ease with which it flits from the bathetic to the pathetic. This supports the sense, amongst most observers, of its…
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