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Jun 28Liked by Ben Ansell

As a young Brighton fan (sorry), I can only imagine managers over-staying their welcome! That aside, great summary of the dilemma facing the Dems and the unfortunate human tendency to avoid going out on top

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Who is the Democrat Sam Allardyce? 🦅

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Absolutely would have been the late Bill Richardson

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> The Democrats don’t have a deep bench of potential candidates.

Which is kind of bonkers, isn't it, in a party with 47 senators and 213 House members?

What has caused this dearth of talent?

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The US also has a broken rotten system of democratic governance. This is evident from what’s on offer leadership wise. As with the UK its fundamentals don’t work for the digital age and is anyway corrupted by money. But it is the new technology that can rescue our and their democracy. Rather than milking this deeply flawed system some deep rethinking of how people choose to live together in the 21st century is needed…

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I think your post title is too subtle.

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Vanity and stubbornness letting in Trump. Crazy!

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