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Richard Alston

Richard Alston is Federal President of the Liberal Party of Australia, and as a Senator from Victoria served as Australia’s Minister for Communications, Information Technology and the Arts.

Articles by Richard Alston (3)

Richard Alston 28 Jul 2017

Boris Johnson: Three cheers for the Anglosphere

Johnson was quick to quote his political idol Winston Churchill in lauding the 'special genius of the English-speaking peoples'.
Richard Alston 11 Jun 2017

Theresa May forgot that politics is about persuasion

Technocratic, non-ideological leaders like Theresa May and Hillary Clinton are tempted to think you can take the politics out of politics by striving for consensus.
Richard Alston 26 Apr 2017

Theresa May's chance to rebuild her party and the nation

It's not often in politics that a window of opportunity opens as wide as the one Theresa May is looking into right now.

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Richard Alston

Articles by Richard Alston (3)

Boris Johnson: Three cheers for the Anglosphere

Theresa May forgot that politics is about persuasion

Theresa May's chance to rebuild her party and the nation