MAZZINI

I think i can see where Frith is going here. Not sure however who he believes will metamorphise into the Butterly warriors (Lib Dem's?) or the Green Warriors (BNP?).

Yes there is a niche for someone promoting 'Libertarian' ideas without the 'social liberal' baggage but that is more likely to be filled by the new Libertarian or National Liberal Parties. Any attempt by the Lib Dem's to follow that route will see them split with the libertarian wing joining the others. Equally a new force is likely to embrace his 'clean' nationalism rather than the BNP (but they might split like the Lib Dem's).

In reality it's likely to be much more complicated and messy than a novel's happy ending but it nevertheless makes a change to view political development through an 'heroic' lens. Although often unrealistic such prose can be quite inspiring.