We are living through the most dramatic period in British peacetime history since the agitations leading up to the Great Reform Bill – and, irrespective of Brexit, there is more to come. The UK is about to experience a revolution in government.
This will take one of three forms. There could be a chassis revolution, as in ‘The world’s in a terrible state of chassis.’ If the Government were forced into an early election, with the Brexit party on one flank and the Liberals on the other, Parliament would be hung beyond hope of stability. It is reasonable to describe the prospect of such chaos without foreseeable end as revolutionary.
There could also be a more orthodox revolution, if Jeremy Corbyn gained power. In pursuit of truth, Sherlock Holmes advised us to eliminate the impossible. That was easier in his day than it is now. There was a time when Corbyn was risibly impossible.
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