A country that prided itself on stability seemed to be in freefall this year. Whodunnit? A rich cast of suspects is implicated in the debacle, as the country has spewed out ruinous policies and a sequence of leaders resembling a reverse advent of man. Professor Philip Cowley from Queen Mary University of London says that in bygone days, Rishi Sunak at this stage of his career would've been a junior Treasury minister, rather than the latest prime minister.
The Economist (paywall, clip available on request)