Chapter 41Like his hero Margaret Thatcher, Adam Sukova was a man of strong principles. He always put his faith in them when faced with tough decisions or sudden crises, and he trusted them to remind him what he believed in, what was right. Although he was less demonstrative than Thatcher, he was every bit as determined to stick to his beliefs, come what may, and those who worked at close quarters with him were in no doubt about where he stood on most matters of principle – which made it a lot simpler, with much less guesswork, to understand where his presidency was headed and to follow the strategic direction of his leadership, because in a way he lived it for all to see. Senior meetings in the White House were typically brief and focused more on implementation than conceptualising, becaus
