‘Italy without the good food or weather,’ the tabloids screeched, as Britain switched to its fifth prime minister in six years. While a tad unfair to British food these days, the headlines highlighted the despair over the seemingly endless political chaos.
The high hopes that Liz Truss would correct the high taxes and soggy Green leftism of the Johnson era imploded amid poor political strategy.
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