We Brits aren't paragons of duty when the real moment comes. Italy, Greece and Belgium leave us trailing. We're 46th in the world since1945. Australia leaves us trailing. And the problem, remember, is growing.
Devolution means more elections.
But the more you ask the question, the dustier the answer. Switzerland, which asks the question continually, is flat bottom of the European league. We can see the future in Scotland and Wales and beyond. It reserves the management of politics, and of great decisions, for an elite of commitment. It exacerbates the alienation of the poor and the old and the dispossessed.