Not another one. It would be no surprise to find out that overseas tour companies now include package holiday visits to watch the UK’s rapid turnover of prime ministers. “Come to London to watch the motorcade nearly run over a group of fancy dress soldiers playing a Bon Jovi medley just outside Buckingham Palace.” Two years is a long time in the lifetime of a UK leader. Liz Truss was in and out in seconds. Our buy one, get one free prime minister. In Britain, we sure know how to Dance Me to the End of Love.
Still, practice makes perfect and we now have the handover of power nailed to a T. Everyone knows exactly what they are doing. Even King Charles, who is now on to his fourth prime minister in as many years. Though presumably he’s moderately pissed off about having to go to Buckingham Palace for 90 minutes to do the business. I guess he has to take the rough with the smooth. After all, he’s managed to get his subjects to pay for its upkeep even though he can’t be arsed to live there.
