It is all too convenient to blame a phenomenon in which the individuals cannot be precisely identified. Ultimately these excuses have a time limit and voters will take an increasingly hostile view to them.
AT a recent gathering I was asked about my thoughts on the “deep state”. This refers to people and organisations, often within national institutions, that work together to further an agenda separate from the one intended by the formal institutions of state.
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