Ever since the Brexit referendum – called by a Prime Minister who had to maintain a stiff upper lip about whether he had any coital relations with a dead hog – British politics has been a surreal Lovecraftian horror show, with the highlight being a Prime Minister whose innings was shorter than that of a bulb of lettuce. And yet it was horrifying enough for the Queen – who shared her name – to depart for Elysium.

British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful.

LONDON: British politics has a long-cherished reputation for attracting the weird and wonderful. But in a pantheon of colorful characters, Count Binface, a man wearing a rubbish…