"We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned."
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James Buchan in: William Keegan The Prudence of Mr Gordon Brown, The Guardian, 17 October 2003.
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