The chaotic unravelling of Liz Truss’ brief premiership surely represents a new low for British politics. In a few short years a state that in living memory had run the biggest empire in world history has become nothing short of an international embarrassment.
Having happily elevated a narcissistic buffoon to the highest office in the land, his downfall paved the way for a political minnow without leadership or presentational skills to take power. It’s no surprise that Ms Truss will be the shortest-serving British Prime Minister of all time.
From the moment she allowed her name to go forward, such a fate was inevitable. But the parlous state of British politics is about far more than the election of one low calibre leader.
