MONDAY 5 AUGUST 2019

We’re on the cusp of an

exceedingly English coup

Dominic Cummings has warned MPs it’s too late to stop a no-deal Brexit (AP)

MATTHEW NORMAN

Almost the minute Jeremy Corbyn was announced as Labour leader in September

2015, the phrase “a very British coup” hurtled into vogue.

Lifted from the Chris Mullin novel, it referred to the prospect of reactionary establishment forces
conspiring to destroy the hard-left prime minister who threatened their shadowy dominion. Almost four

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