Is it wrong to kick a person who’s down and out of luck? What about someone who has needlessly saddled you with a monthly mortgage increase of nearly £600? I say find them a corner of hell notably hotter than anyone else’s.

With that in mind, let us bid farewell to the one-time most powerful Black man in British politics, Kwasi Kwarteng, who has announced that he is deserting the ship he helped sink. Like we do when all “great men” transition to ventures anew, now is the time to analyse the “legacy” of “the Black Boris” (as he was called early in his career) to shed light on his vital contributions to British life.

Kwarteng is six feet and four inches of living proof of social mobility in Britain. He moved the right moves, made the right noises and pleased the right people. But, for all that, what do the vapour trails say? There goes the shortest-serving........

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