“never in the field of political conflict were so many candidates found so wanting, so many, with so much to say, to so little effect.”
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“far from this being a sign of health, of a plethora of talent on display, it is in fact the opposite, a nod to a party mired in ill-discipline & deep decay. It confirms the weakness of the front runners, those in the great offices of state”
So tainted or problematic are they that their power within the party to cajole, to force the smallest of minnows to get in line, is far more limited than it ought to be.”