In a way, Benjamin Disraeli, 19th-century founder of Britain’s Conservative Party, got it wrong when he said, “Finality is not the language of politics.”
What he meant was that politics keeps moving along, changing things, so no referendum, election, or other isolated event is the last word on any matter of public opinion or policy.
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