Will Cyril go the way of Boris?
Even the dimwits in the ANC must sense the game is up
10 July 2022 - 00:02
No-one does political theatre quite like the English. The stage outside the door of 10 Downing Street as a prime minister prepares to announce a resignation is just the end of a spectacle involving ministers abandoning a losing leader, resignation letters almost instantly on television and relentless gossip. When Boris Johnson walked out to announce his departure on Thursday, its unique aspects aside, he was respecting a grand tradition...
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