Infamy, infamy … the Brexit legions have still got it in for Sunak

Power, in this disintegrating Tory party, seems as precarious as being an emperor in febrile ancient Rome

Classical scholars must surely see parallels between the embarrassing sequence of prime ministerial changes in the British government this year and events in AD68-69 in the ancient Rome so beloved of Boris Johnson.

AD68-69 was the year of the four emperors. First there was Galba, murdered by soldiers of his Praetorian Guard - this year's parallel being the removal of Johnson by his long-suffering cabinet. Then there was Otho, who took his own life - this year's version being the political suicide committed by Liz Truss with her lunatic budget.