"But I ended on a note of caution. All is
not well with Britain or our politics, I said. ‘Is it silly to think
there is a touch of 1215 – a whiff of revolution – in the air?
And
it came true in June 2016, with the decisive referendum vote to reshape
our politics once again and leave the European Union.
The
referendum was a very British revolution. And it’s been followed by a
very British counter-revolution, which shows every sign of succeeding.
Don't
be deceived by the lack of violence or the comparative good manners of
those now seizing control. This is a coup, and what is at stake is the
nature and legitimacy of Parliament itself.
Ruled
by comfortable, smug elites, Parliament is choosing to ignore the
ordinary British people as they attempt to hold power to account.
It is no exaggeration to say that British democracy, which stands in direct line with Magna Carta, is now unravelling before us.
If
today’s self-satisfied MPs and Ministers – I have already described
them as a Parliament of Pygmies – have no time for the voters, they have
little time for history, either."
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