From the linked article, a photograph of Starmer with the text Britain’s penchant for self-destruction Political instability saps confidence, investment and policymakers’ bandwidth Britain’s past decade has been a picture of political chaos. Next week marks 10 years since then prime minister David Cameron announced a date for what he had earlier described as a “very simple” in-or-out referendum on the UK’s membership of the EU. (Voters and politicians are still debating what the ballot meant.) When the Leave campaign won he jumped ship, leaving fellow Conservative Theresa May to define Brexit. She called an election to strengthen her mandate but achieved the opposite.