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Why there is turmoil in UK politics

British Prime Minister Liz Truss when she met supporters as she arrived to attend a Conservative leadership election hustings at the NEC, Birmingham, England on August 23, 2022. [AP]

Politics has become a harmless entertainment in the United Kingdom (UK), our former colonial master. If we thought our politics was a comedy, we should think again.

After 45 days, Liz Truss has given up and resigned as Prime Minister, a record tenure in UK history.

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