Britain has had five Conservative prime ministers since 2010. It would have a sixth, but Conservative members of Parliament seem uncertain if it’s worth the trouble. There will be an election before the end of the year. After 14 years in government, the Conservatives are not so much squeezed by the polls as violently compressed, like a totaled car in a crusher. On their left flank, they are polling more than 20 points behind Labour. On their right, they have lost as much as 14% of the vote to Reform UK, a populist right-wing party.