Character Analysis
Prime Minister Starling doesn't have very many morals, but he does have a few. If possible, he would rather convince the English to people to stop reproducing, instead of killing them off in droves. If that's not a nice sentiment, we don't know what is.
As the State succumbs to cannibalism and pagan fertility rites, the central government is broken up, and Prime Minister Starling is ousted. In no time flat, the Right Honourable George Ockham, Prime Minister, takes his place.