Britain’s Enemy of the People?
Sep 4, 2019 sees a parallel between Boris Johnson's plan to suspend Parliament and the end of the Roman Republic.
Ian Buruma
Ian Buruma is the author of numerous books, including Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance, Year Zero: A History of 1945, and, most recently, A Tokyo Romance: A Memoir.
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Britain’s Enemy of the People? 
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