Chaos incarnate ...

Liz Truss, Former Tory Prime Minister -  Henry Nicholls/Reuters

The death of a once great nation lies at the feet of the British Conservative Party when they sold the lie of Brexit to a gullible public all too willing to vote against their self interests for the sake of "sovereignty". Where England goes after this catastrophic lapse in leadership no one knows, a tragic direction the US may also be taking on November 8th if the Repugs take over as they too are no longer the party of intelligent conservatism thanks to the rise of McConnell and The Donald.

LONDON — Until very recently the British Conservative Party was able to claim, with a great deal of credibility, that it was the most successful political party in the Western world.

The party of Benjamin Disraeli, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher has governed Britain for most of the last 200 years. Through much of that time the Conservatives have been synonymous with good sense, financial sobriety and cautious pragmatism. Despised by progressive elites, allergic to ideology, provincial rather than metropolitan, the Conservative Party rejoiced in being the stolid party of the boring middle ground.

Not anymore. Today, the Conservatives are synonymous with chaos.