Best Case Scenario

I wish I could say I was surprised that the Truss government has crashed the economy after less than three weeks in post. But the reality is that I did point out that she was the Dougal McGuire of politics and that the prospect of her as PM filled me with terror. There are only two things I'm not sure of: did they crash it accidentally, because they really are that stupid, or did they do it deliberately so their mates could cash in big time; and, which would be worse?

Anyway, what happens next?

Unfortunately, the best case scenario I can realistically see is genuinely horrifying:

1. Tory MPs submit letters of No Confidence, leading to a very prompt vote to oust Truss.
2. There then proceeds to be another round of Loathe Island as the Tory party selects a new leader. Boris wins, as inevitably he will.
3. Boris then immediately reverses all of Truss's madness. And the markets, breathing a huge sigh of relief, stabilise.
4. And then Boris calls a General Election on the back of being our great saviour, and a grateful nation gives him another five years.

And that's the best case scenario I can foresee. The alternative, which is essentially that this cavalcade of horrors limps on for another two years, is almost too horrible to contemplate.

#26: "Stormchild", by Bernard Cornwell
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