The pandemic has been the biggest crisis since World War II, and the whole time we’ve looked to political leaders to get us through. But have they delivered?
Modern History Professor James Curran evaluates who's stepped up to the mark, who's been found wanting, and asks why nobody has delivered the speech that unites the nation.

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