There are two kinds of political leaders in the world. 

There are those, like a substantial rump of our political elite, who have finessed the art of the “leader as victim”. Then there are those who look up to the likes of Nelson Mandela and Lee Kuan Yew and Sir Seretse Khama for inspiration and lead their populations to prosperity. ..

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