Opinion

Why the UK finds itself in political chaos

On one level, the resignation of UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is a peculiar British story, featuring a leader who climbed to power on the votes of just 81,326 party members and then governed with the subtlety of a stoned teenager: a sort of anti-Solomon.Yet on another level, Truss’s implosion a...

Opinion

Britain’s financial meltdown carries a global warning

For several days of Britain’s financial meltdown, Prime Minister Liz Truss offered no comment. The Independent newspaper led Thursday with her picture under a snarky headline: “MISSING: HAVE YOU SEEN THIS PM?”Then Truss did comment, choosing local radio stations, prompting the depu...

Opinion

Why Liz Truss may surprise everyone

In electing Volodymyr Zelensky as their president, Ukrainians chose a TV actor and got a charismatic Winston Churchill. In electing Boris Johnson, Britons did the opposite: They chose a Churchill wannabe and got a leader with a propensity for scandal.Now that Britain’s ruling Conservative Part...