It was the worst humiliation since Suez but, somehow, Suez remains the gold standard for fiascoes.
Liz Truss completed her premiership in record time, like a gatecrasher who, after stumbling around drunkenly smashing things for a few minutes, is quietly ushered out by a group of halfway sober guests. Michael Howard popped up on the radio to affirm that Suez had been ‘far worse’, which was oddly comforting.
In chaotic times, it is good to have some certainties to cling to - and Suez as
