How would you like your revolution?

14 December 2010The protests in Britain highlight how much the Liberal Democrats have compromised to share power, writes Frank Bongiorno in Inside Story

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HAS the revolution begun yet? Last Thursday’s helicopters, sirens, riot police and chanting protesters – followed by shattered glass, graffitied buildings and smashed heads – might have been a taster. But what kind of country allows the heir to the throne and his wife to get so close to the centre of rioting to attend a Royal Variety Show – in a Rolls Royce, no less? Perhaps meeting Australia’s very own Kylie Minogue was too tempting…

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