"David Runciman teaches at Cambridge University and is a specialist on hypocrisy in political thought. He is writing a book on the subject and he takes a trial run in the current issue of the London Review of Books.
In his article "Liars, hypocrites and crybabies", guess who he uses as exemplars of political hypocrisy and mendacity? Our own beloved Man of Steel and his loyal deputy Mr Costello!
The point of the essay is to compare Blair, Howard and Clinton — three of the great political dissemblers and prevaricators of our time — and to ask why they are so much more popular with the electorate than Gordon Brown, Peter Costello or Al Gore, all of whom have tried harder to stick with the truth."
In his article "Liars, hypocrites and crybabies", guess who he uses as exemplars of political hypocrisy and mendacity? Our own beloved Man of Steel and his loyal deputy Mr Costello!
The point of the essay is to compare Blair, Howard and Clinton — three of the great political dissemblers and prevaricators of our time — and to ask why they are so much more popular with the electorate than Gordon Brown, Peter Costello or Al Gore, all of whom have tried harder to stick with the truth."
An interesting reflection and article on the Oz PM in an op-ed piece by Terry Lane in The Sunday Age.
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