Who should govern Britain? This has always been the most contentious question in British politics. Magna Carta, the Reformation, the Civil War, the Glorious Revolution and the Reform Acts were all struggles over this fundamental point.
Brexit asks this question twice over, so we should not be surprised by how divisive an issue it has become.
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