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Ancient and modern

Like Theresa May, Claudius struggled to know who to trust

11 May 2019

9:00 AM

11 May 2019

9:00 AM

After the sacking of Gavin Williamson, a former No. 10 insider said of Theresa May: ‘One of Theresa’s big faults is that she basically doesn’t trust any other elected politicians. She places her trust in advisers and officials, because they are loyal to her.’ The Roman emperor Claudius (r. 41-54 ad) too found it hard to know whom to trust.

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