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Don’t be Spursy!
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I’m being a little mischievous here but hey. Communicator of the Week Award goes to Swedish politician, Mikael Damberg for his description of Sweden as ‘Spursy’. For any non football followers reading this, Tottenham Hotspur’s, the football team commonly known as Spurs, are a large and famous football club that has over the years spent huge amount of money on a new stadium, new players and several mew managers. But despite all this spend and all that promise, they never really succeed. This year in particular, they are in a terrible state, and happen to be close to the bottom of the table (along with my team, West Ham - don’t get me started). This prompted Damberg (an opposition politician) to liken Sweden under this current government to Spurs because the government had squandered the opportunities of the country. Even the government politicians had to smile. Sometimes, there is no better way to make your point than by using an apt analogy. It can connect your audience to your idea in a way that other arguments simply cannot reach. And you’ll always get extra points with me for putting down Tottenham! Kolarele |
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