Britannia unhinged

Liz Truss’ government will not last a year, and the Conservative Party may then split, leading to an early election.

The Queen’s death and funeral took up the first 12 days of Liz Truss’s tenure, so the new prime minister’s work of destruction could not get properly underway until late last week, writes Gwynne Dyer.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY GWYNNE DYER

September 28, 2022

LONDON, U.K.—“The Queen’s final act of service to the nation was to selflessly buy the economy one last fortnight,” said one tweet when all four wheels finally came off the British economy. The Queen’s death and funeral took up the first 12 days of Liz Truss’ tenure, so the new prime mi...

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