I know it shouldn’t be a consolation, but when the state of South African politics gets you down, there’s always America and Britain.

The latter is embroiled in what seems like the longest, most protracted case of ‘shooting yourself in the foot’ that I’ve ever seen, known simply as Brexit.

With Boris Johnson at the helm, and his history of lies following close behind, the saga drags on, and this week has been quite a roller coaster.

They all are, but here’s Mashable:

Stephen Colbert did a brilliant job of summing up some of the most recent occurrences in a highly entertaining but informative fashion. And he managed to do an A+ impression of the House of Commons Speaker John Bercow, just good for good measure.

Describing Boris Johnson as “British prime minister and racist figgy pudding,” Colbert explained that parliament has been prorogued (fancy word for suspended) for five weeks, which isn’t exactly ideal when we’re slated to leave the EU on Oct. 31 and *checks notes* currently don’t have a withdrawal agreement…

He then proceeded to do a top-notch impression of Bercow, who he described as “House of Commons Speaker and man whose banana was snatched by a mischievous monkey.”

If you want to catch up on the week that was, without having to sift through all the nonsense, this is a decent wrap:

[source:mashable]