The politics of political personas

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer, and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, all need to inject at least a little bit of phoniness into their respective public personas.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Green Party Leader Elizabeth May.
OAKVILLE, ONT.—One of my most basic rules for politicians is: “Be real, be true to yourself." In other words, don’t try to be something you’re not, since voters can usually sniff a phoney from a mile away. Yet, they say rules are meant to be broken and maybe that’s the case for my “Be ...

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