In 1990, Geoffrey Howe resigned and Michael Heseltine stuck his head above the parapet, but where was John Major when Margaret Thatcher got toppled?
But once the state gets toppled, it is down permanently.
Sitting atop this personal historical predicate of liking to talk, I got toppled during my first public appearance at the Colony.
Though Mia Wasikowska's Jane has plenty of direct experience of the excesses of the patriarchy, she shows no desire to get it toppled.
Trees have toppled into telephone poles.
When all three are amiss, get ready to topple.
They would get run over, topple into pits or get caught in forest fires.
"This notion that one or two or three donors could get together and topple a president," he said, "forget whether it's possible; it's not even smart".
When we moved into our apartment, my straitlaced roommate tried to convince us all not to go on the roof during parties because "someone might get drunk and topple off the side".
It was also sad because I thought, 'what are this poor kid's chances of getting out?". Toppling the government is one thing, but how do you make positive change enduring?
