Britain faces crisis upon crisis, and our leaders are absent. This is how a country falls apart

The two Tory contenders to replace Bogus Johnson stand for neoliberalism. Their ideology says that the government should do nothing to correct Britain's devastating problems, because interfering with the market is a sin.

Laissez faire, laissez mourir.

In practice, that means they do nothing to stop businesses from squeezing money out of the non-rich. The billionaires that fund the Tory party must find that convenient.