EU media and leaders blame Brexit for UK political ‘insanity’ as Truss quits

Observers suggest PM's failure could spell end of wishful thinking' of a sovereign Britain going its own way

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Six years on from the Brexit referendum, continental observers have become used to Westminster meltdowns - but many see in the latest cataclysm the inevitable finale of a project that was always divorced from reality.

Listened to, perhaps; understood, not really," said Le Monde of Liz Truss on the news of her resignation. A terrible orator who could do little more than repeat growth, growth, growth', seemingly impervious to criticism ... she was rejected by both the public and her own party."