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Why talk of civil war is overblown

5 August 2024

9:32 PM

5 August 2024

9:32 PM

Are we really on the brink of civil war in Britain? Is it ‘inevitable’ in the foreseeable future? So thinks Elon Musk. It would be easy to dismiss this as absurd. Indeed it is absurd. But those of a nervous disposition might point to certain circumstances in 1642 – the start of what most English people think of as the Civil War – that might cause us worry today. In

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