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Other conservative leaders have similarly distanced themselves from the more orthodox playbook that calls on governments to exercise fiscal restraint and leave the economy largely in the hands of the private sector.

His style is orthodox, with a great ability to cut off the ring, wear down his opponents and land powerful punches that can define fights.

But it is not the orthodox political opposition – predictably crushed in local elections last week – that has mobilised frustrated young Togolese people.

He tried to build a political coalition that is no longer a winning one, which was made up of majorities of African Americans, outer-borough white New Yorkers and orthodox and conservative Jews.

"Bibi's" popularity in the polls plummeted and he struggled to keep together a disjointed government, propped up by hardline ministers from the far right and orthodox religious parties.