MPs are already pining for the golden era of Johnson and Patel, says Guardian columnist Marina Hyde
as some kind of grandee. Which certainly takes perspective, and does something absolutely unmentionable with it.
As for why it took so long for them to move to bunnycide, accounts vary. According to the chancellor: “We were absorbing the reaction.” Righto. I hope that Kwarteng and Truss are very absorbent – at this rate they’re going to need both thirst pockets and a dry-weave topsheet. Speaking of characters who practise extreme emotional suppression, Kwarteng’s turnaround recalled Leonard Nimoy’s first autobiography, which was called I Am Not Spock.
By now, you may be judging that a period of silence would be most welcome from the many, many commentators who were only last month droning on about how you underestimateat your peril. How do you like this peril, guys?! Don’t underestimate Liz Truss, we kept hearing. And yet, why not? It saves time. I underestimated her, and you know what: I still overestimated her.
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