Brexit Will Never Be Over
The British system of government as we know it has collapsed.
by David Frum
Oct 17, 2019
3 minutes
On Monday morning, the queen put on her crown and reading glasses to an 11-page speech from the throne in the House of Lords. Scenes do not get more British than this: Horse Guards clopping down the avenues; diamonds glinting in the TV lights. Following customs that have been obsolete for decades, if not centuries, the prime minister and his cabinet stood, on foot, shoved into a corner to hear the words they themselves had put into the monarch’s mouth. Everything looked much as
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