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EVERYTHING in politics comes back to Machiavelli in the end. That much Friedrich Schiller understood. From the 18th century dramatist’s pen flowed imperfect, squishily human characters who have read “The Prince” and know that to exert their will in the world they must become iron. Take “Mary Stuart”, his play about the Queen of Scots, now on at the Almeida Theatre in London. Elizabeth I is loth to sign her cousin and rival’s death warrant until, in a sylvan encounter, Mary fails to show due humility. Schiller depicts a side of Gloriana that England opts to forget: even dear Old Bess had to be cynical, sly and brutal to keep power in her society. She had to break people.

Bagehot would not reach for the comparison if Theresa May did not do so herself. The prime minister has named Elizabeth the historical figure with whom she most identifies: “She stood up for Britain…had a very clear vision about what she wanted to do.” And there is something there: images of the munificent, nation-uniting leader (the prime minister’s party is close to its highest poll numbers in decades) up against perfidious continentals mingle awkwardly with the...Continue reading

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