On 6 September, Britain got a new prime minister when Queen Elizabeth II formally appointed Liz Truss. Forty-five days later, on 20 October, after a disastrous time in Downing Street, she announced her resignation, saying, “I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty the King to notify him that I am resigning as leader of the Conservative Party.” With this, 47-year-old Truss earned the ignominy of becoming the shortest-serving leader in British history — a joke made by a British tabloid asking if she would wilt faster...