As former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson once said – "A week is a long time in politics". Never has that seemed truer than the last seven days in the UK, with the sacking of Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng, the almost total reversal of his mini-budget, and the resignation of the Home Secretary.
And then, the big one, the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister after just 45 days – the shortest term ever for a leader of the UK.
So in the midst of this political turmoil – the UK will soon have its third Prime Minister in as many months – and severe economic turbulence, just what, if anything, can be done to bring some stability back to the UK? And just what is the rest of the world making of the current chaos?
This week on The Agenda, Juliet Mann speaks to Alistair Jones - Associate Professor of Politics at De Montfort University and Dr. Andrew Mycock - Reader in Politics at the University of Huddersfield, to find out.