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Ancient and modern

The relative experience of Roman consuls and Corbyn

The new Labour leader’s political life has just been one long protest

19 September 2015

8:00 AM

19 September 2015

8:00 AM

One of the justifications of the House of Lords is that it embodies ‘collective experience’. That is not a quality which the eternal rebel Jeremy Corbyn can cite on his CV.

Over many years, Romans developed a political system such that anyone who wanted to reach the top of the greasy pole and become consul had to have under his belt a considerable experience of government.

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