Inspiring Politicians: Courageous, Humble, Inspiring

Is there a politician you particularly admire and respect? This question has that Headlightteam for this episode of English, please! placed. And their choices couldn’t have been more different: audio editor Owen Connors was inspired by former Irish President Mary Robinson, features editor Nadia Lawrence admires the grassroots orientation of US Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and editor-in-chief Inez Sharp appreciates the intelligence and humility of post-war British Labor Prime Minister Clement Attlee.

Our book tip on the subject of politics this time is a best-selling novel by US author Vinson Cunningham about the experiences of a young black single father who works in Barack Obama’s first election campaign.

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