Oh, Britain: the chasm between myth and reality keeps on growing

‘The new prime minister is faced with the same dire choices as his predecessor – and proudly proposes the same dire policies.’ Photograph: Peter Nicholls/Reuters

The last few months of Westminster drama are both so plainly watchable and so painfully bamboozling.

It’s like being forced to sit through a game of cricket or baseball. The beer and the snacks are fine, but the game only makes sense to the insiders who have been thrilled by the secret strategies since childhood.