The future of the United Kingdom will be Britain’s main political conversation as soon as this pandemic recedes. Two mottos help in thinking about it. The fi rst is that nothing in politics is unthinkable. The end of the Union between Scotland and England could certainly happen. A centuries-old island experiment could vanish, and perhaps be swiftly followed by the reunifi - cation of Ireland
But a second motto, and the necessary corrective, is that in politics, absolutely nothing is inevitable. The future of the UK, today, remains a live fi ght between volatile electorates and fl awed political leaders, around which swirl myriad unresolved arguments. This isn’t over.
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