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Changing the script: the shifting character of our political parties

14 December 2019

9:00 AM

14 December 2019

9:00 AM

Elections should be carnivals of democracy. The campaign we have just been through, though, has felt more like amateur dramatics. The standard of debate has not risen to the level of events. The slogans, the ‘gotcha’ moments and the stunts have produced much to mock, laugh at and despair over.

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