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Flat White

The dishonesty of the political class

12 August 2021

4:00 AM

12 August 2021

4:00 AM

Good public policy-making requires a wide swathe of opinions being stirred in the cauldron of competing ideas. The jurisdiction in which ‘yes men’ with one monolithic view surround the ultimate decision-makers does worse than the jurisdiction where divergent views from across the spectrum are heard. Many will be rejected, but they will be heard.

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