In October I found myself being driven by an old friend on a long car journey. We were listening to the news as the story broke of Liz Truss ending her term as Prime Minister. My friend, who is not particularly politically engaged, asked me, “How did we get here?” A reasonable question. How did the once great United Kingdom get to this sorry state? I took a sip of my gingerbread latte and began.
“Imagine, if you will, that the country was asked to vote on whether or not to take a massive dump on itself,” I
