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[Barretts Mail]

The word “intrigue” is frequently modified with “palace”, which doesn’t seem to add anything. 

I lost interest after 1.25 books, but it seems possible that this change is being pushed by conversation around “Game of Thrones”. Another possibility is that his has arisen due to the semantic separation of “intriguing” from “intrigue”. 

Neither Wiktionary nor the English OLD have an entry for “palace intrigue”, though Wiktionary has an entry for palace politics (https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palace_politics <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/palace_politics>). 

1. The Wall Street Journal
By Valentina Pop and Laurence Norman
8 March 2019
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sudden-promotion-sparks-an-uproar-in-europe-1520540968?mod=nwsrl_u_k_news&cx_refModule=nwsrl <https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-sudden-promotion-sparks-an-uproar-in-europe-1520540968?mod=nwsrl_u_k_news&cx_refModule=nwsrl>

An episode of palace intrigue inside the European Union’s top institution has reinforced criticism of the bloc among those who see it as the plaything of unelected bureaucrats or the tool of Germany.

2. The Guardian
By Ross Barkan
6 March 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/06/west-virginia-strike-teachers-rare-hope-dark-times <https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/06/west-virginia-strike-teachers-rare-hope-dark-times>

Beyond the gross cacophony of the Trump White House, where inane palace intrigue continues to transfix the nation, a very important story is taking place.

3. The Guardian
By Jamiles Lartey and Julia Carrie Wong
7 March 2019

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/07/donald-trump-white-house-resignations-firings-full-list <https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/mar/07/donald-trump-white-house-resignations-firings-full-list>

The former Republican National Committee chairman was supposed to bring inside-the-beltway savvy to the Trumpian outsiders, but his tenure was largely notable for palace intrigue, political blunders and all-around chaos.

Benjamin Barrett
Formerly of Seattle, WA


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