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Flat White

Rock and roll realpolitik

4 July 2018

6:21 PM

4 July 2018

6:21 PM

Welcome to world politics where, as the old song used to go, ‘It’s a little bit tyranny, a little bit rock and roll.’

And the world now is a little bit rock and roll, isn’t it?

I mean, whom was that slouching through Singapore airport during the recent US-North Korea Summit? All body piercings, and Keef attitude to support his bestie Kim Jong-un? It’s former basketball bad boy Denis Rodman surrounded by breathless media wanting to know what basketball tips he will give Kim who as we know is the greatest basketball player of all time.

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