ABSTRACT
British politics has experienced so much political turbulence that many of its perceived constants have fragmented or even disappeared to be replaced by new features. Just as the intractable divisions created by Brexit seemed less intense after Britain left the European Union at the end of January 2020, along came the coronavirus, which, ironically perhaps, succeeded in finally uniting the whole country in its attempts to resist and overcome the pandemic. The chapter seeks to update and delve a little deeper into these extraordinary crises and upheavals plus give consideration to their possible causes and implications. The delegation of domestic powers to Scotland during the early years of Blair’s 1997 government was designed to satisfy desires for regional autonomy but its success seemed merely to encourage nationalist sentiment north of the border.
