On the issue of Brexit

      The 2016 vote on Brexit turned out to be a non-binding vote with a small majority that does not say much for MPs – after all, it only reflected the aspirations of the hoi polloi in England and Wales and it had started purely for display purposes to show younger voters that the conservative party was not ‘The Nasty Party’ at all.

      Consequently, the House voted and said there cannot be no-deal under any circumstance; there is no appetite for no-deal. But the vote would not have been binding even if it had got through the Commons. Theresa May (fading into the gray background) could not afford a no-deal lying to the nation that ‘we will leave with or without a deal’. 

      On the bright side, listening to BBC Radio Norfolk on the issue of Brexit, I have noticed positive change. Brexiteers once proudly proclaiming that ‘they need us more than we need them’ are now being apprehensive about 'just getting out'. 

      Anyway, I am happy to accept that democracy in the UK can change its mind. After all, Brexit is like half the country rang the bell on the bus by accident, and now they feel like they have to get off even though it is the wrong stop...