A crumbling Labour party may initially have a large majority, but we've learned from the last couple of years that a large majority is fully compatible with political prowess and chaos. I'm not at all confident that Labour will after it takes power. But in any case, even in the British case, there aren't the resources and the economic costs would be too great to do it against the background of severe austerity. So it's actually quite dangerous. Because as we talked about the mood of the grown-ups back in charge, but then they were never grown-ups and they're even less authoritative and more befuddled now. And also frightened themselves because they know the limitations.

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