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He’s grown a bit jaded, having lived under constant menace for some time now.

These politicians play to jaded electorates and captive audiences who reward grandiosity and xenophobia because partisanship fills the void left by an absence of genuine national community.

You learn how to do that without becoming jaded or bitter because that’s no fun to watch if you want to be the hero of your own story.

That isn’t something to be overtly jaded about, if you can manage it – it is a necessary organising tool for governments and opposition parties to bind themselves together.

Never mind the jaded talk of potential and Scotland's occasional fondness for slapping themselves on the back with chat about "beating anyone on our day".