Truss’s legal threats have backfired spectacularly, shining an even brighter spotlight on the disastrous consequences of her brief tenure. Her economic plan, centered around unfunded tax cuts, spooked markets, crashed the pound, and forced the Bank of England to make an emergency intervention. The political and economic fallout was so severe that Truss was forced to resign after just 49 days, making her the shortest-serving Prime Minister in UK history.

Conservatives are a lot of fun when they’re just being bumbling idiots. Too bad the other form they take is fascists.