And on this speculative hope, Conservative MPs are prepared to run the potentially fatal political risk of collapsing the NHS. Just 5% of the Conservative MPs the authors surveyed believed it. The creative destruction Conservatives thought they were unleashing with Brexit has created nothing of value and left only rubble behind. All revolutions devour their own children as the euphoria of the initial uprising degenerates into panic. Conservative MPs did not say that, if even Javid believed there was danger ahead, they should take notice.

Source: The Guardian December 26, 2021 00:58 UTC