Article: Truly, madly, politically

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New Statesman
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June 23, 2008
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David Davis's snap resignation struck a chord with people because it was spontaneous and unscripted. Is it time for politicians to get emotional?

We all know a week is a long time in p olitics - but a weekend? Long enough, it seems, for a man to go from nuts to visionary. The David Davis saga brings to the surface the myriad underlying assumptions, relational synapses, summary judgements and convenient shortcuts that underpin political life. If politics were a good book, it would more often look as it did over the past few days - full of surprise, spontaneity, revolt, disbelief, judgement, repentance, suspicion, self-sacrifice, posturing and even conversion.

Questions abound - will Davis's ...

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