Random Musing: The UK 'PM-in-waiting' just beat a guy wearing a trash can – and that sums up post-Brexit politics

Ever since the Brexit referendum – called by a Prime Minister who had to maintain a stiff upper lip about whether he had any coital relations with a dead hog – British politics has been a surreal Lovecraftian horror show, with the highlight being a Prime Minister whose innings was shorter than that of a bulb of lettuce. And yet it was horrifying enough for the Queen – who shared her name – to depart for Elysium. Or perhaps it was the revulsion at dealing with a coloured Duchess of Sussex.