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Merci, big fella

I READ somewhere that the late and largely unlamented François Mitterand considered indifference to be the most valuable quality in a politician.

Merci, big fella

Wed, 09 Jun, 2004 - 01:00

Didn’t he have an Irish friend with a similar Napoleonic ego bloated by Ben Dunne’s bank surplus? Or am I mistaken?

Seán Ó Mochóir,

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