TOM EATON | New GNU cabinet: divine destiny, political pragmatism or short-circuiting criticism?
The response to the new cabinet has been thoughtfully muted, appropriate, perhaps, for a country trying to catch up with a historic lurch towards something completely new
01 July 2024 - 21:53
After weeks of wondering who would be inside the tent and who would be left out in the cold, we finally know: a second tent has been bought at vast expense and stapled to the first, with three dozen extra tentlets huddled up against both for all the deputies, and a sleeping bag outside for when Patricia de Lille needs somewhere to go and have a little cry. ..
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