Is Britain on the brink of civil war?

Is Britain on the brink of civil war?

According to David Betz, Professor of War in the Modern World at King's College London, many of the preconditions for civil war exist in Britain today. Using academic studies on social cohesion, civil war causation theory and social attitudes surveys, he argues that the following preconditions are in place: elite overreach, factional polarisation, a collapse in trust, economic pressures, and the perceived downgrading of the majority population i…

Another Civil War? COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE

BY JOE BARONAccording to David Betz, Professor of War in the Modern World at King’s College London, many of the preconditions for civil war exist in Britain today. Using academic studies on social cohesion, civil war causation theory and social attitudes surveys, he argues that the widely accepted causal factors of elite overreach, factional polarisation, a collapse in trust, economic pressures, and the perceived downgrading of the majority popu…