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Ancient and modern

How Boris’s Roman predecessors took back control

17 August 2019

9:00 AM

17 August 2019

9:00 AM

The Tories, allegedly a ‘one-nation’ party, are currently imposing Brexit on a divided nation. As a result, some Tory MPs will vote against Brexit, effectively abandoning the party. This raises the question of political values – the question being, what happens after Brexit? Romans faced the same problem when the republic collapsed (27 bc) and Augustus became emperor.

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