The Big Read: A long time for the weak in politics
17 February 2016 - 02:39
Long ago when British Prime Minister Harold Wilson was under political siege, he shrugged off cascading crises around him with the phrase, "A week is a long time in politics.'' Decades later, when Conservative cabinet minister John Gummer clung onto office despite calls for his departure, some political wit cruelly rearranged Wilson's words.
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