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No sacred cows

Yes, the Brexit debate is robust – but UK politics is moderate, calm and civil

19 January 2019

9:00 AM

19 January 2019

9:00 AM

There’s a scene in Lord of the Flies, William Golding’s masterpiece about the collapse of western civilisation, in which a particularly sadistic boy named Roger starts to throw stones at a weaker, younger lad called Henry. Yet when he tries to hurt the boy, he finds he cannot do it.

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