Collapse of Conservatives Is Tolling the Death Knell of Official Toryism

Without a principled platform it matters little who leads the party.

AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file
Prime Minister Johnson outside 10 Downing Street, September 6, 2022. AP/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file

“To lose one Prime Minister may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.” That aphorism — offered with apologies to Oscar Wilde — springs to mind as Prime Minister Liz Truss stepped outside the door of Downing Street this afternoon to announce her imminent resignation, some four months after her predecessor, Boris Johnson, left No 10.

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