Is the West falling apart?

As Thomas Jefferson so famously, and ominously, put it: 'The government you elect is the government that you deserve.'

Having resigned on Oct. 20, British Prime Minister Liz Truss held office for just 45 days, the shortest tenure of any PM in British history.Photograph courtesy of Flickr

Opinion

BY MICHAEL HARRIS

October 24, 2022

HALIFAX—Prime Minister Liz Truss held office for just 45 days, the shortest tenure of any PM in British history. The country that once prided itself on having the fifth largest economy in the world is now in post-Brexit chaos. Standard and Poor’s has downgraded the country’s debt, and savage c...

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