What the Tories got right — and so very, very wrong

This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on [Bloomberg]( This is the Weekend Edition of Bloomberg Opinion Today, a roundup of the most popular stories Bloomberg Opinion publishes each week based on web readership. Larry the cat has seen some things at 10 Downing. Photographer: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images “When UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak called a general election for July 4, he very likely put an end date on his party’s long stretch of governance,” Bloomberg’s editorial board [writes](. “After 14 years in charge, what exactly have the Conservatives accomplished?” Bloomberg Opinion columnists have answered in a new, completely [free-to-read series]( on what those dozen-plus years of Tory rule have delivered for Britain’s economy, society and standing in the world. The challenges awaiting the next government are numerous, and as [fed-up voters]( abandon ship and [donors flee](, Conservatives must begin their reckoning with the party’s failures to salvage a future. [The UK Has a Productivity Problem. Tory Rule Made It Worse.]( — Paul J. Davies [UK Markets Are Adrift Without a Rudder]( — Marcus Ashworth [Why Do Brits Feel Worse Off With Employment This Strong?]( — Andrea Felsted [British Startups Just Can't Seem to Scale]( — Parmy Olson [‘Global Britain’ Is Too Big for the UK’s Defense Britches]( — Marc Champion [Britons Have Good Reason to Lose Faith in the NHS]( — Therese Raphael [Education Is a Bright Spot in the Tories’ Record]( — Chris Bryant [Tories Can’t Hide From Their Failures on Immigration]( — Matthew Brooker [Tories Handed England an Awful Sewage Problem]( — Lara Williams More From Bloomberg Opinion Here’s what we’ve been listening to and watching this week. - NYC mishandled selling its [congestion charge]( from the start. But the last-minute suspension is an egregious error, says Liam Denning. - Nir Kaissar does the math: [Warren Buffett’s Apple trade]( is a master class in investing. - On the latest episode of the [Money Stuff Podcast](, Matt Levine talks about the Texas Stock Exchange, Bill Ackman and Roaring Kitty. Follow Us Like getting this newsletter? [Subscribe to Bloomberg.com]( for unlimited access to trusted, data-driven journalism and subscriber-only insights. Before it’s here, it’s on the Bloomberg Terminal. Find out more about how the Terminal delivers information and analysis that financial professionals can’t find anywhere else. [Learn more](. Want to sponsor this newsletter? [Get in touch here](. You received this message because you are subscribed to Bloomberg's Opinion Today newsletter. If a friend forwarded you this message, [sign up here]( to get it in your inbox. [Unsubscribe]( [Bloomberg.com]( [Contact Us]( Bloomberg L.P. 731 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10022 [Ads Powered By Liveintent]( [Ad Choices](