Then “Common Sense” set it ablaze, insisting that “there is no political matter which more deserves our attention” than “large and equal representation” — a demand unmet by America’s rulers across the sea.

He'll still have sway, and an awful lot of money that will give him some power over the succession, but the conversation will move on and the courtiers will be vying to become ruler themselves.

It was the culmination of an event that Hamas, Gaza's rulers, had called the 'Great March of Return'.

A strongman ruler practices the fine political art of divide and conquer, insisting on loyalty at all costs.

For now, Russian officials have taken a conciliatory but cautious approach towards the interim rulers who toppled Russia's long-standing ally.