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Performing politics

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By: The OpenLearn team (The Open University)
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Do we want politicians - or do we really want performers instead? William Hague, Glenda Jackson, Quentin Letts and Simon Sebag-Montefiore consider if we're putting artifice ahead of substance.

29 Apr
2010
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