I heard someone here say earlier something to the effect that the UK is circling the toilet bowl, might have been @bigredfish . In any event, I say the circling has come to an end and it's headed for the next stop....the sewage treatment plant.
That is the whole problem. Things don't happen overnight. They slowly creep up to the point where one finally sees the real situation, but it is too late. Like the frog in the boiling pot.
To be the first to"...boldly set up in the downstairs hall an ambush..." will certainly get you killed sooner than later. If done too soon, you will be portrayed an extremist and used to show how crazy those people are.
I think he did it to try and relate with his fellow Brits that are in government (not the populace) to show that they have something in common....shit for brains, no balls and no backbones.