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Senior Labour figures call for review of Chinese investment in UK
infrastructure
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They warn that the government’s rapprochement with Beijing may risk
national security in wake of British Steel crisis
Senior Labour figures have urged th...
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Much of the media has spent the past decade obsessing about the malapropisms of George W. Bush, the ignorance of Sarah Palin, and perhaps soon the stupidity of Rick Perry. Nothing is so typical of middling minds than to harp on the intellectual deficiencies of the slightly less smart and considerably more successful.
ReplyDeleteBut it takes actual smarts to understand that glibness and self-belief are not sufficient proof of genuine intelligence. Stupid is as stupid does, said the great philosopher Forrest Gump. The presidency of Barack Obama is a case study in stupid does.
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