Yet Nepalis resisted and another popular movement a year later toppled him, and Nepal became a republic.

ECONOMIST: Girija Prasad Koirala

Although many orthodox rabbis resisted, the Sabbatian movement was hardly a fringe cult.

ECONOMIST: Jewish mysticism

The MPs concerned mobilised hundreds and hundreds of local supporters who then were in the middle of their communities, and we were able to build a movement that resisted the national swing.

BBC: Transcript of Peter Hain interview