21: Mary McAleese: Building bridges as the President of Ireland
The Rest Is Politics: Leading
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The Politics of Necrotizing Fasciitis
I have no respect for politicians who are populist and unprincipled. I described it as a form of political necrotizing fasciitis. The amount of political time in Europe that was eaten up by the referendum discussions, you couldn't discuss anything else. For me, funnily enough, it is the Good Friday day, which was a great day, but the best day was the 22nd of June when the twin referents were held North and South. They might have a different political ambition, but they didn’t want anybody dying over it.
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