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by Chantal Hébert

Danny Williams’ political instincts stay true to the very end

Don Martin: Williams, the premier who gave Newfoundland its combative but cool personality, is the last leader on the national stage to uniquely define and defend his political territory, most of it at Ottawa’s expense


It is the highest sanity and not a little touch of class to know when to leave. There have been many in politics who found themselves, after much strife and Herculean effort, occupying the biggest chair only to learn that leaving it, when the time came, was even more arduous than winning it in the first place. Danny Williams, who has shown during his decade in politics that he has a surprising arsenal of talents and gifts, proved yesterday he had that rarest one too. He knew the right moment to go and had the courage to act with dispatch and clarity on the insight. He’ll be gone in a week. And, boy, did he pick his moment.


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