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The Guardian / Amelia Gentleman / Jan 8, 2024
“Her colleague Nick Robinson says senior politicians are trained to ‘fill the time with obfuscation’ and to get listeners on their side by suggesting to the audience that the presenter is ‘not being fair, not letting them have their say, interrupting them.’ But, he says, Husain’s ‘cool, calm, precise style’ does not permit that trick. ‘With her, someone in power is held to account in a way that is courteous and persistent. It’s about the wielding of the scalpel, not the bloodshed.'”
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