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    Oct 31, 2022 3 minutes

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    The underlying problem

    Those who identify as journalists within the mainstream media are jubilant at yet another prime ministerial resignation. All their Christmases have come at once. Satirists are having a field day. Yet there are many important issues not being addressed. The prime minister may well be the mantlepiece of our political system, but the fires of fame and fortune rage on. The former prime

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