All right, Alexander, let's talk about the state of things in the UK.

The rumor is that the conservatives are trying to figure out a way to be rid of Rishi Sunak.

True or not true, the polling numbers look abysmal for the...

It is true, and I mean, it's disturbing also that it's now reached the American media.

I mean, Bloomberg is carrying this story, but it's absolute, I'm sure it is true.

There has never been a point in the history of the British Conservative Party when it is

polling so badly.

The latest opinion polls put it around 20%.

Kirstama's party, by the way, is about 43%.

So that's a 23% gap.

There are real fears that when the election comes, which will probably be towards the end of this year, or just conceivably at the start of next year, we will see a conservative implosion that the conservatives will have fewer than a hundred seats coming out of the election,

which is unprecedented for this party.

It has never happened at any point in British history since the Conservative Party

emerged and the Conservative Party emerged,

and the Conservative Party has a continuous history

going back to the late 17th century.

So that gives you a sense of how critical and bad the situation is.

And one also gets the sense for Sunak himself, though he is still in name

Prime Minister, he is no longer exercising the functions of Prime Minister to any real effect. He

gives orders, he makes decisions, and those orders and decisions that he makes are just

ignored and that everything else just carries on, slowly falling apart around him. What has crystallised

this feeling that Sunak is taking, leading the Conservatives to total collapse,

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