From politics to living costs, there are crises at all levels
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II (R) stands with Britain's Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall (L) and Britain's Prince Charles, Prince of Wales to watch a special flypast from Buckingham Palace balcony following the Queen's Birthday Parade, the Trooping the Colour, as part of Queen Elizabeth II's platinum jubilee celebrations, in London on June 2, 2022.
Former long-serving editor at the Daily Nation. He writes the weekly Letter from London.
To say this country is in a mess would be the understatement of the week, maybe the year. Right now, we face a care crisis due to shortages of nurses, a travel crisis which has stranded tens of thousands of Britons overseas, a cost of living crisis of soaring prices, and a political crisis with a prime minister hanging on by his fingertips.
Disillusionment with Premier Boris Johnson has been gathering among, mostly back-bench, members of his own Conservative Party for several months, heightened notably by his behaviour over parties he attended during the Covid lockdown.
