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Gordon Brown as Machiavelli?
Is Gordon Brown Machiavelli reincarnate? Hardly.
From Wikipedia :
“Niccolo di Bernardo dei Machiavelli (May 3, 1469 June 21, 1527) was an Italian diplomat, political philosopher, musician, poet, and playwright. He is a figure of the Italian Renaissance and a central figure of its political component, most widely known for his treatises on realist political theory.”
Gordon Brown is none of those things, nor is he ever likely to be. Only Brown’s most loyal retainers would suggest his name will become a byword for anything in 500 years. Or even remembered in 100, for that matter.
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