PROLOGUE
There had been the Arab Spring. Well, what was called the Arab Spring, but there had been a spring, first in Tunisia, then Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria, Morocco and Jordan – all springs of varying degrees of success and all aimed at overturning an oppressive regime, or what at least was deemed to be oppressive, but had, in the course of time, been shown to be benign dictatorships, if that is possible?
To say that Britain faced, or needed a spring, might be pushing the analogy too far, but certainly the people felt oppressed by the establishment, comprised of the government, civil servants, banks and financial institutions, corporations, as well as wealthy individuals, all perceived to be in the grip and control of the elite; the one per cent. The people felt and were,
