Looks like the head of lettuce has endured longer than the hapless UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, who just resigned as Conservative Party leader. In case you think this will be the end of the embarrassing chaos that's gripped Britain this week, guess again. The Tories have to pick a leader in a week, but that's not going to cure the disease — only put a Band-Aid on the country's wounds.
We cats don't see any way out of it except for the UK to hold an election ASAP, install Labour by a 30-point margin, and rejoin the EU, because that's when things really started to go south for them.
Meanwhile, as we Americans prepare to vote in the midterms (and, in a lot of cases, are already voting), we need to be watching this "Trussterfuck" as a cautionary tale.
Today's British version of Demagogues in Disarray is the perfect example of what happens when you put a government-hating party in charge. The Conservatives have always been Reagany/Gingrichy/Trumpy types who don't believe that government should serve anybody except themselves. They value power simply for power's sake, and — unlike someone like Nancy Pelosi, for example — haven't a clue how to govern. If the Republicans take the House of Representatives next month, we can expect the same chaos in 2023. Pay attention, folks. We cats HISS.
P.S. We can't claim credit for our headline. Saw it on Twitter!
UPDATE: If an election were held today, the Labour Party would win by 36%, not 30 — for a total of 507 seats! Goodness gracious.
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