Daylight savings time will make Justin Trudeau’s last day as Liberal party leader an hour shorter; his desired tenure has been abbreviated by much more than that. Once upon a time it was sunny ways. A delayed sunset is a fitting end for a prime minister who lingered in the spotlight too long.

The Trudeau years began with the white-hot glamour of his sparkling celebrity. Eventually, in the remarkable assessment of Jody Wilson-Raybould, his former attorney general, Trudeau made the skin crawl.