Theresa May is ‘dead’. Career-wise, political-wise, credibility-wise and basically, not very wise. Because if she was she wouldn’t have taken the job in the first place. Her brief, bequeathed to her by the squirming coward David Cameron, was to ‘take the nation out of Europe in accordance with their referendum wishes’. He was a tosser (possibly still is; he’s been pretty quiet for fear of milkshakes which he deserves even more than Farage) and she was seduced by the ‘power’ that in reality she was never likely to enjoy. And with half the public (let’s not bicker over 2%) wanting in and half out, with a majority of politicians wanting ‘in’ rather than the promised ‘out’, let’s just say: the simplicity of the job had certain constraints.

And now, having lost 35 ministers who’ve retired during her brief tenure, she yesterday lost the 36th. Generals have lost wars with a greater casualty toll than that, but prime ministers generally can’t. The few remaining cabinet members she can call upon have now virtually all refused to back her ‘plan’. The same plan that’s been rejected on 3 previous occasions. Because its a shit plan and always was. Tweaking it just shifts it temporarily along the in/out line of acceptability but in doing so just upsets a different group of parliamentarians.

I now feel that I want to go to the polling station. Take Lila. She’s never been before. She can have a go. She can have my ballot. I don’t really need it. And I can’t think how amusing it would be to take a photo of the daughter of Mr & Mrs Tory randomly scribbling a cross in the ‘Labour’ box. Though in this instance it matters not a jot. Farage will probably win. Creating an ironic stupidity of electing people to the European parliament, however temporarily, whose aim is to lose their jobs. But half (or thereabouts) of the ‘general public’ will vote for anything with the word ‘Brexit’ in it. Even staunch remainers like me are now prepared to do ‘anything to make it go away’.

Doomsday scenario: Boris wins the leadership contest after Theresa bows out (and he will, there’s virtually no doubt once you’ve looked at the charisma-free zone that are his opponents) and will have to scrap ‘the deal’ as it stands. The ‘only one’ the Europeans can ever consider. And then start again. Or just take us out ‘deal-less’. And THEN start again.

The Brexit deal is dead; long live the Brexit deal. God help us all.

Happy Thursday

A xxxx