Great Changes, Unseen in Centuries

Thoughts onthe failures of UK politics in a world transformed

"When the gap between the ideal and the real becomes too wide, the system breaks down."
                                         - Barbara Tuchman, A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century

We are in trouble. We are in trouble and things will get worse. The UK will hold a General Election in five weeks, which will almost certainly mark the end of 14 …