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In projecting forward to a near future in which the UK has become a totalitarian state Hussey reminds us that progress is not a one way street – an ever-growing sphere of liberty, justice, and equality is not an inevitability. Rights won can be lost again. This might be an unwelcome and sobering reminder, but it does us good – putting us on notice to defend our liberty from those selling the snake-oil of easy fixes to society’s challenges.
The strength of that idea almost excuses the moments when the plot is a little thin – when victory comes it probably comes too easily – those with power and privilege don’t left go without a fight, this would perhaps have been better framed as the first part of a trilogy, in which Eric and Gabriel win a battle but not yet the war.
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