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Flat White

The dictator servant

11 November 2021

2:20 PM

11 November 2021

2:20 PM

And here I was believing that Members of Parliament were servants of the people. 

The Victorian Premier has humbled a lifelong view that elected representatives do two things: one, represent and two, serve. 

But at some point, something changed for Daniel Andrews. At this juncture, he decided supreme reign was a mightier cause than democracy, and servitude was for others. 

He flipped the roles of servant and master.

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