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The parallels between Carrie Lam and Theresa May are so interesting to me. The lack of political skill, self-pity masquerading as determination, refusal to compromise or step down once discredited. Of course, May didn't jail the few brave opponents who agreed to speak with her.
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Both insist on going down with the ship that they steered onto a rock, while ignoring everyone begging them to seal the watertight compartments that would allow the ship to remain afloat, and refusing to cede the helm to someone who might give the order.
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In the case of Hong Kong, it was universally acknowledged in August that agreeing to two demands—an independent inquiry into police brutality, and formal withdrawal of an already dead extradition bill—would have eased the protests. Instead, Lam made the police discredit itself
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If we take CE Lam's words, she explained that central government has taken this power of governing HK away from her. This is because the HK situation is now at the national level due to sovereignty and security concerns. And we all believe HK Police is governed by central gov
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She has made contradictory remarks in the private recording and at today's press conference, so it's a matter of trying to figure out which words were true.
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