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Sunday Times bestselling book "Failed State" out now. (An Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year for 2024).

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Independent consultant & writer. Founding director, Toros Advisory. Sometime CEE correspondent. Bylines @Guardian @FT @WPReview etc. Long-suffering #THFC victim

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