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The Prime Minster’s attempt to persuade the UK into a military intervention in the long-running Syrian civil war was defeated in the House of Commons last evening.

The fall out, or off, from this rejection of a ‘quick strike’ is entirely unpredictable and may follow the passage of a burst balloon.

Essentially, the power of a leader is the power to persuade and as this piece at Stumbling and Mumbling notes that is attached to character, especially in politics.