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Great mistakes in politics (No9) – Michael Dukakis has his photo taken in a tank

When politicians are campaigning they often try to make use of photo opportunities to boost their popularity. A striking image appearing again and again in the press can help make or break a campaign....

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Great mistakes in politics (No11) Rudy Giuliani’s 2008 Presidential Campaign

Initially at least Rudy Giuliani looked like a pretty good bet in the run up to the Republican primaries of 2008. He had fantastic name recognition across the United States and thanks to his leadership...

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Great mistakes in politics (No12) The Spycatcher Affair

Banning books is always a tricky business, especially when you live in a supposedly free society. These days banning books on the grounds of taste and decency, or even blasphemy, is almost unheard of....

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Great mistakes in politics (No15) Walter Mondale tells the truth about taxes

This week’s example is slightly controversial as it implies that telling the truth is a political mistake. In this case it probably was, as it spectacularly backfired and damaged Walter Mondale’s...

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Great mistakes in politics (No20) – Margaret Thatcher and the Poll Tax

In retrospect Margaret Thatcher should probably have come unstuck sooner. By the end of the 1980s she’d been in power for a decade and somehow managed to become the most polarizing figure in Britain....

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Great mistakes in politics (No24) Clinton pardons Marc Rich

When people talk about the separation of powers in the USA one of the things they often fail to mention is that there is an awful lot of overlapping. For instance the judiciary has a role in lawmaking...

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Great mistakes in politics (No28) Gerald Ford pardons Richard Nixon

To date Richard Nixon is the only man to ever resign the Presidency of the United States of America. If he hadn’t resigned it’s almost certain he would have been impeached and forcibly removed from...

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Great mistakes in politics (No30) The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798

For the supposed land of the free the United States has done some incredibly repressive things from time to time, especially when it feels that it’s under attack. For instance during World War Two...

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Great mistakes in politics (No34) Gordon Brown insults Gillian Duffy

A good rule of politics is to not insult your own voters. An even better rule is to not insult them while you’re being recorded by the media. One of the reasons people are so cynical in this country is...

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