Mickey, you seem to not quite understand that Nigel has made one of the biggest changes in our history come about. He will be the one going down in the History books not Millipede, Camoron, May or any of them. Except Bliar of course no doubt he will be in History and Law books as the greatest criminal that got away.
To make change you do not need 'authority' from the Metropolitan elite you only need the authority from the people that support you. And he has plenty of that.