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'too portentous'

  • Writer: Amanda Riddell
    Amanda Riddell
  • May 12, 2024
  • 1 min read

Anne Salmond's view of 'public intellectual' as a term. I like it precisely because it has that chin-stroking quality. As with all my stuff, there's a certain sense of taking the piss of that idea, but I still believe most of what I say. I've never thought that I could be PM or an MP, but it takes a certain amount of ego to opine on the issues!

 
 
 

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