> It's only really faced a couple of real internal systemic threats throughout its history and was (until the last decade) considered a bastion of political sta

> It's only really faced a couple of real internal systemic threats throughout its history and was (until the last decade) considered a bastion of political stability. the political instability was an unintended consequence of a small change in 2011: the Fixed Term Parliaments Act the Act removed the ancient power of the PM to call an election early (ironically intending to provide stability) it resulted in a situation where parliament couldn't agree on anything with the usual way out (government calling a general election) no longer possible the Fixed Term Parliaments Act has now been repealed, so hopefully this was a one-off