If I had the slightest faith in the notion that some of those who'd most need to read them ... actually would, I'd suggest putting together a must-read list of books for those in charge of getting Britain out of the Brexit mess. This short story, Du Maurier's "Rule Britannia" (on the basis of your status updates alone), and Terry Pratchett's "Guards! Guards!" would be the first three books to put onto it. Alas, my faith in the idea that the hints contained herein would actually be picked up is somewhere in the region of minus zero kelvin ...