Populism in a political leader can express itself in a variety of ways. In descending order of commendability and disinterestedness, one could include:

1) the desire to monitor the general will via opinion polls, referenda, talk-back radio, the comments of taxi drivers, &c, and act on it in most matters of serious public concern, as befits a democracy in which rule should be "of the people, by the people, for the people";

2) the political "killer instinct" that seizes on the opportunity to reflect popular opinion on a selective issueby-issue basis (the more sensational the issue the better), often in the run-up to an election, but at other times too, in order to stay ...

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