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HARDtalk: Lynton Crosby -Political strategist

02/07/2012

Lynton Crosby -Political strategist

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Stephen Sackur talks to Political strategist Lynton Crosby.

Lynton Crosby is widely regarded as one of the masters of the darker political arts. Is bare-knuckle politics good for democracy?

Electoral politics is a blood sport and some of the toughest fighters in the game are the campaign strategists who hone and sell their candidates' message. Lynton Crosby is widely regarded as one of the masters of the darker political arts; he ran winning campaigns in his native Australia for former prime minister John Howard. In the UK, he twice helped Boris Johnson win the London Mayor's office. Opponents on the left have accused him of using grubby, divisive methods to further a conservative agenda. Is bare-knuckle politics good for democracy?

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