How Did We Get Here?
Back in the halcyon days of May, it was difficult to imagine a worse prime minister than Boris Johnson. Fortunately, the Conservative Party made up for the collective national failure of imagination, by appointing Liz Truss to the position. She managed to inflict as much damage on the economy and the British psyche in 44 days as her predecessor did in over three years. Mr Johnson, however, seems intent on regaining his crown. It is barely three months since he could not find enough friendly MPs to form a cabinet, but now it seems increasingly likely that 100 MPs are willing to thrust him back in to the limelight. If he does find sufficient backers, it is hard to see how he doesn't get back into office. My imagination is not sufficiently developed to envisage what might befall the nation should that happen, but it can't be good. Whatever catastrophes the Conservative Party have visited on the nation over the past three years, it is beginning to look like they were just getting s...