Long ago and far away, my then girlfriend very conservative Sally said one day to a very radical me: ‘You know there are just as many assholes on my side in politics as on yours. And she named some examples on our politically divided, unruly university campus. And just as many good people, like you, on your side as on mine and she named them.’ I have never lost sight of that insight.
Moreover, a few years back, Sally, who is still a good friend, was being sounded out to be a British Conservative MP, and asked if I would be her agent. I said: ‘One small problem, I am not a Conservative’. ‘That’s exactly why I want you as my agent, and you have strong morals that are far more important to me for that role.‘ She wisely in my view decided to stay…
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