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