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The centre cannot hold (or why public purpose is a social muscle)

What is going on? Donald Trump is going to win the Republican nomination and might become the next President of the United States. Bernie Sanders, a septuagenarian senator from nowhere is testing Hillary Clinton to the limit, and perhaps …

Martin Stewart-Weeks

@martinsw

Washington’s idea of leadership was that first you listen, then you learn, then you help, and only then do you lead. It is a somewhat boring progression.." George Washington agrees with me - look, listen and learn before you lead:) Waiting for Mattis to escape "duty of silence". twitter.com/martinsw/statu…

2:11 am · June 4, 2020

Martin Stewart-Weeks

@martinsw

This is surely a big part of the answer: “You’ve got to avoid looking at what’s happening in isolation from everything else...We can’t hold what Trump is doing in isolation. We’ve got to address the things that put him there in the first place." twitter.com/martinsw/statu…

2:08 am · June 4, 2020

Martin Stewart-Weeks

@martinsw

theatlantic.com/magazine/arch… "His aides and friends say he (Mattis) found the president to be of limited cognitive ability, and of generally dubious character." But how to speak the truth about @realDonaldTrump without making him seem more attractive to his supporters.

2:06 am · June 4, 2020

Martin Stewart-Weeks

@martinsw

It was a nice one too:) We were honoured.. twitter.com/dominiccampbel…

2:04 am · June 4, 2020

Martin Stewart-Weeks

@martinsw

I am keen to hear the answers ☺️ #socialnewdeal #newdealforcare twitter.com/cassierobinson…

1:00 pm · May 31, 2020