This is an entertaining yet depressing read. Depressing because it details Britain's lurch toward the absurd right of Brexiting Boris Johnson, the same path America took with its lurch toward the absurdities of MAGA. I've followed Rory Stewart’s career for 20 years and this was a sobering look at how intelligence and pragmatism became upended by the tsunami of asinine populism and the archaic political structures of the United Kingdom. What a shame that someone as talented as Mr. Stewart fell victim to the darkest impulses of a supposed democracy.
