The relocation of the Brotherhood to a London suburb thousands of miles from Cairo shows its dramatic rise and fall since the Arab Spring uprising that ousted Mr Mubarak in early 2011. Just 18 months ago, having come to power after the freest vote in Egyptian history, the movement was seen as having the potential to offer a new model of governance to the region. But Mr Morsi's disastrous year in office yielded few positive changes. Support ebbed away after he failed to meet high expectations raised by the 2011 uprising, and after he forced through a constitution that seemed even less liberal than its predecessor. Mr Mounir defended the former president's record, arguing that he was ousted because of his efforts to revamp the system he inherited from his autocratic predecessor, Mr Mubarek.