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The Struggles of a Political Career
Michael Wolraich: I'm not sure academic life is the greatest place to start a political career from. But that's precisely why you go and do it, isn't it? Because you want to throw yourself into the rough stuff. Then of course you discover in fact that ouch, it really hurts when you get bitten and you get attacked. So on balance, I think Weber may be right. And Michael, talk us through how that felt. Talk us about those first few months and years and what your initial sense of the political life was.