Leave it to the land of Shakespeare to stage a drama where all the male leads end up dead. The first head to roll after the U.K.’s June 23 vote to leave the European Union was Prime Minister David Cameron’s. He resigned just hours after losing the Brexit referendum, having gambled the nation’s economic future for a few more years at 10 Downing Street. Next on the chopping block was Boris Johnson, who after leading the Leave campaign appeared startled and unprepared for victory, and was forced out of the race to succeed Cameron by an ally’s betrayal. A third leader, Jeremy Corbyn, lost a vote of no confidence to the Labour Party rank-and-file, which was furious over his halfhearted case for...
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