I think, if you extracted either the scottish or irish catholic vote from the election, Theresa May, may have won by a nautical mile.

I think if you extracted the Turk (turkish Muslim) from the british Parliament, and his leadership and involvement (loading the gun for others to fire) as an instigator?

Britain may have engaged in far more sensible economic policy, than simply shooting itself in its own economic foot just to regain control of migrant flow. And what most of Europe also want as a first order priority issue!?

As others have noted over the years, you have more proactive influence inside the tent, than as a reactionary outside it, railing against other folks religious beliefs! For just downright dumb reasons, such as on display in technically bankrupt prewar germany, when Jews (religious minority) became the most convenient scapegoat for an entirely incompetent administration!

Who had as have many other before or since allowed ideology, dogma and populism to replace reason, rational argument and logic! Hence a fractured and divided community! Where the inmates have gained/usurped control of and are attempting to run the asylum!

The adults in the room need to reassert control, and start to exert some sort of leadership!

No not with the use of force, but, with persuasive reason, judgement and arguing a pragmatic case on its merits!

Do that and stay true to your own personal convictions until you carry the people with you!

Anything else is lose lose in every sense of the word, and in every truly important perspective! Be it truly progressive social justice, climate change energy policy, or affordable energy, or energy dependant and totally unfettered economic growth, where nothing is ruled out or in!

Well past time for sanity to reassert itself and prevail!
Alan B.

When Theresa May rose to prominence she did so as progressive conservative, with a social conscience. Now she seems either conflicted or the manikin of a string pulling puppet master?

And seems to have no plan than to say no to a timely review/revisit of the Brexit plan? Even though the real goal for britain is to reassert sovereign control of her borders, and a doable plan to reemploy British workers and mothballed industry?

How could that be done or sold? Not too difficult to employ workers who along with families still need to be housed, clothed and fed, etc. whether gainfully occupied or not!

And they could do worse than reopen some steelworks as government sanctioned, facilitated and funded employee co-ops.

This would prevent Arthur Scargill and co, from doing what they managed last time, bringing British mining and manufacturing to its knees!

Most of the steel would come out as recycled steel initially? And rolled out as digestors able to be retrofitted in all manner of domestic domiciles, and turn millions of annual tons of putrefying waste into millions of tons of usable biogas, that can be used to heat and power homes hospitals schools etc. Rather than as present allowing this material to further pollute the natural environment.

The two tank smell free system we invented right here, would be where I'd start! And progressively rolled out for folks who can no longer afford either! And sanely coupled to mass produced ceramic fuel cells! Given all the costs are up front, with something they can heat power their homes with, with an affordable repayment plan?

And as it rolled out diminish/eliminate forever, reliance on imported foreign fuel!

A number of byproducts would be generated. Endless free hot water, sanitised nutrient loaded reusable water, as would endlessly support undercover intense agriculture; and sanitised high carbon soil improver that would permanently sequester millions of tons of carbon annually!

And underpin several other important agro industries! Timber, fibre (flax hemp) and fruit? And bring a nation back onside, given they see several important socio economic reversals!
TBC, Alan B.

Part two has to be affordable industrial power, and there is no other choice than the nuclear option as walk away safe, molten salt LFTR reactors? Coupled to an electrified economy. More information pertaining to that to be found on U tube, and google tech talks; and under Super Fuel, subtitled green energy.

And an essential if disaffected young folk are to be brought back onside?

A very wise man once said, People need dreams and hope, and if you can't give them that, give them something to do! And that goes for young folk in spades!
Alan B.

A majority of well over a million voted to leave EU, and opinion polls indicate that the majority is now a lot greater. All the negotiation and to-ing and fro-ing are attempts to look after the City of London spivs who have never personally created any wealth (goods and services) but merely acquired the wealth created by others. Leaners kept afloat by lifters using Joe Hockley's terms adjusted to describe actual facts.

All that is needed to leave EU is to turn off the tap that drains British pounds into the Brussels racket and set about reinstating the sovereignty that was ceded without any consultation of the people of Britain when Britain's politicians betrayed the country by joining EEC and ultimately EU.

Reading the readers' comments in the Tory Daily Telegraph gives a picture of the howls of anguish from the spivs over the lower orders being asked at a referendum to make a decision for and of their country, and Prime Minister May pretending to put it into effect.

I notice the nuke lobby is in full voice again. The nuke-heads are always very coy about the question of public risk insurance. The Japanese taxpayers could tell them something about who foots the bill after the uninsured nuke plant goes ape.

Emperor Julian,

I agree with your comments in regard to the 'referendum', it's obvious that some of the UK's plutocrats are angry with the plebs for not voting correctly. The British are confused by direct democracy. I can remember a comment from a city banker type who thought that EU membership was too important to be left to a popular vote. Eh?

I don't have any opinion on Britain's EU membership, however Brexit is a very entertaining circus.