Lywood had ditched his impeccable manners and celebrated diplomatic skills at Balliol, and he’d made no attempt to reengage. Chartreuse detested everything about this man and his party. He’d been in power for a decade, partly because the opposition was almost indistinguishable in its venality and disregard for pressing environmental concerns. As in the US, democracy was no longer a tussle between left and right, but between right and off-the-map crazy. Lywood wasn’t the first politician who’d had exploited this since he’d come into office. He’d positioned himself as the safe choice against the fascists and conspiracy nuts that had infested parliament, the media, and the Internet. People had applauded when he had restricted access to Uber-c***k to the under twelves. It had caused a ripple i
