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Cicero most reminds me of Harold Wilson. Both men knew how to keep the show on the road.

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Robert Harris
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: March 7
Journalist
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Science Fiction Writer
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Writer
Kidderminster
Worcestershire
Robert Dennis Harris
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