"It was, as she sees it, a collective meltdown in a country previously known for stability."<p>Actually I'd argue repression not stability, I've come to view the UK having lived here all my life as one of the most scientifically advanced repressive nations on the planet, just look at the work of Dominic Cummings, or the police or the military! I know the Germans are often portrayed as being very rigid, but I honestly think that title should go to the UK.<p>And you have to thank the BBC for the nations love of the Arthur Daley character from the TV series Only Fools and Horses, which Nigel Farage emulated so eloquently.<p>Surely the BBC et al should take a bow for the part its played in enabling Brexit in a Little Britain Vicky Pollard kind of way?<p>I mean I've never seen so much of the British Press from all political corners seemingly united in their direct and indirect promotion of Brexit with their Johnny Foreigner bashing that gave rise to UKIP.<p>Anyway nothing appears to have changed for over 50 years when reading this [1].<p>The UK ruling elite have a stubbornness and pig headedness that rival the Taliban in Afghanistan!<p>So I'm sure nothing will have changed in the next 50 or 100 years time.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/alevelstudies/1960-radicalisation.htm" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/alevelstud...</a>