Historical novelist Robert Harris writes about the Roman Empire – and says the parallels of disillusionment with modern day politics are ‘impossible’ to ignore.
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In this episode of Ways to Change the World, he tells Krishnan Guru-Murthy that Donald Trump’s ‘vanity projects’ and strong man tactics remind him of Emperor Augustus, how the pressure to appease the masses is ‘crushing politicians into a form where it’s impossible for them to operate’ and why historians might look back and see the Brexit vote as ‘the first big crack’ in British democracy.
Robert Harris’ latest book ‘Agrippa’ is out now.
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