From Old Rage by Sheila Hancock

In 1934, J. B. Priestley said in his English Journey: ‘People are beginning to believe that the government is a mysterious process with which they have no real concern. This is the soil in which autocrats flourish and liberty dies. Alongside that apathetic majority, there will soon be a minority that is tired of seeing nothing vital happen and will adapt any cause that promises decisive action.’ How right he was. It took Europe a war to bring it to its senses last time. So, God help