BRITISH politics is dominated by the sound of two ticking clocks. The predictable one reaches zero on March 29th 2019, when Britain leaves the European Union. The unpredictable one reaches zero whenever the burghers of the Conservative Party offer Theresa May a revolver and a glass of whisky. It had looked as if that moment might be put off for some time. But the prime minister's lamentable handling of the Grenfell Tower fire now suggests it could come any day. The Conservative Party is just one more mess-up away from a leadership contest.
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