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Britain's policy of ruling through moderates applied in other areas of the empire, formal or not, simply could not be applied to Egypt due to its fledgling democracy' (p. 85). The clash between imperialism and emerging nationalism is one of the dominant motifs in the study of the British empire. Gifford persuasively argues that: So long as Britain encouraged Egypt along the path of democracy, the Wafd's presence was always going to be a factor. [Extracted from the article]