A former British prime minister, queried as to the greatest threat to derailing a government, is reputed to have <a data-evt-val="{&quot;control_fields&quot;: {&quot;mparticle&quot;: {&quot;keys&quot;: {&quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;click_source_type&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;anchor_text&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;target_url&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;layout_section&quot;}, &quot;mp_event_type&quot;: &quot;Navigation&quot;, &quot;extra_keys&quot;: [&quot;click_vertical_position_percentage&quot;, &quot;click_vertical_position_pixels&quot;]}}, &quot;click_source_type&quot;: &quot;in-page link&quot;, &quot;anchor_text&quot;: &quot;replied&quot;, &quot;target_url&quot;: &quot;https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harold_Macmillan&quot;, &quot;layout_section&quot;: &quot;in-page-link&quot;}" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-evt="click" data-evt-typ="click" href="https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Harold_Macmillan" target="_blank">replied</a>: “Events, dear boy, events.”

Anyone who thinks they know where Syria goes from here is kidding themselves, but greater conflagrations have resulted from less combustible beginnings{ai:summary}<p>A former British prime minister suggested that the biggest threat to a government comes from unforeseen events. This highlights the unpredictability of political stability and the impact of external factors on governance.</p><p>#politics</p>

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