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From the US midterms to the hard right in Britain, empathy has become a dirty word in politics | John Harris

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The GuardianFrom the US midterms to the hard right in Britain, empathy has become a dirty word in politics | John Harris
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Around the world, virtues such as compassion and kindness are gathering dust, like old hymn books in a long-deserted church Towards the end of the summer, the Tory-Reform defector Robert Jenrick authored an op-ed piece for the Daily Telegraph about the…

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