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Dutch media also appeared unimpressed with the developments, with newspaper NRC saying that the cabinet "that was supposed to stand up for the citizens was destroyed by amateurism and incompetence".

He says it was "evidence of the endearing amateurism around the gig".

“It’s a result of seven years of amateurism and a spectacular drift in our public finances,” she has said.

He added that the party represented the "silent majority" and could have won more seats, but that "amateurism let us down".

There was a time when Olympians weren’t allowed to receive any money, when the International Olympic Committee clung to a hidebound notion of amateurism.