Who will come crawling out of the woodwork?

In the words of the X files. Trust no one. It’s an utter shambles of a disgrace and no party is fit to govern... bickering back stabbing my dick is bigger than yours kind of childish insanity that will continue to make us the laughing stock of the world. Perhaps we too should build a wall , but around parliament to keep those idiots in away from decent people. No matter how you voted nobody can be pleased or happy for this state of affairs. Beam me up

The way to deal with the Scottish question would be to repeal the Scottish government act. Nicola can then ttalk to herself about "Skortland" until she is blue in the face.

The stinking barrel of choice is limited to about one digit.
We have heard Remoaners demanding a second referendum and talking as if it is a sure win for them. They forget that they had the same belief last time and could not believe, still do not believe, that they lost. So if a second referendum gives the same result "LEAVE" what will tey do? Demand a third referendum. Of course if they win they will claim it is conclusive and refuse the Leavers a third referendum. You see, the "establishment" only believe in democracy when it suits them. The rest of the time they are as dismissive of the voter as Charles 1, Marie Antoinette and Tsar Nicolas. They met a sticky end as a result. That block at the Tower could still be put to good use or maybre the French will loan us Madame Guilotine.

My Mum always used to advise me to keep my eye on the quiet ones. Phillip Hammond currently fits this bill in my eyes. He creeps along silently and drops the occasional financial bombshell projection when it suits him.

I am sure that there are politicians from different parties who have leadership qualities & who could work well together. But I can’t see it happening at the moment. Sigh.

Scotland? I thought it was a UK vote and matter?

Feb up with the whole lot and May is only being propped up by the DUP who were paid to do so.

Grammaretto, The United Kingdom voted as a whole body, not individual parts of the union.The majority voted to leave, which will happen on the the 29th March 2019 at 23:00hr.

May's Government would have lost the vote if we taxpayers hadn't paid for the DUP votes. Is this still the will of the people?

I am not privy to the thoughts of Nicola Sturgeon and her team but do see that there is enormous pressure from the wider Independence Movement to call a 2nd referendum NOW. However, there is another option, which is to declare, citing the Claim of Right, that the Treaty of Union has been breached, many times, and therefore the Treaty is null and void. The Claim of Right, which gives the people of Scotland the right to self determination, was verified recently at Westminster and has also been recognised by the EU. If this route were to be taken then the SNP MPs currently sitting in Westminster, would return to Scotland and sit instead in the Scottish Parliament.

While the SNP has been trying very hard, in good faith, to ensure a 'soft' Brexit for the whole of the UK, this now seems unachievable. Unlike Mrs May, Nicola has plan A and plan B with all the ducks (legal advice etc.) in a row for either option. She has always said that she would make her move when the outcome of Brexit is clear. There has yet to be any such clarity but as the deadline approaches, we can expect an announcement/statement in days or weeks.

If I were a gambler I would put my money on Burns' Birthday ............Coming shortly.

I think the recent events in this country are an indication that our whole political system needs to be changed. Mrs May's attitude to Brexit has reflected her personal feelings, and, as PM, she has had too much power. She has treated parliament with contempt, following her own course and ignoring the opinions of others. We need a new system, the present one-party system doesn't work.

Granny 23

Can I ask you a question out of interest please.

Do you have any information / if when Nicola Sturgeon will call for a another Independence Referendum.?

I keep hearing SNP MP's talking about the prospect but like ' all the other parties ' nothing is usually more than playing to the audience,.

Varian You are forgetting that Ian Blackford, in common with every MP who represents a Scottish Seat. could never be a PM nor Deputy PM, as, under the EVIL legislation, he would not be allowed in the chamber for anything deemed to be England or England & Wales only bills.

I am beginning to think that part of the problem is so much being invested in the the role of of Prime Minister which encourages cloth-eared narcissism . That person has to be right all the time.

A better system might involve a coalition government with two equal partners as PM - my choice might be Dominic Grieve and Yvette Cooper. The Deputy PMs would be Vince Cable and Ian Blackford.

They would have to reach a concensus and share responsibilty. They could do Questions to the PM on alternate weeks.

I honestly think think they could represent the majority of the British people and get things done in a constructive co-operative way, including urgently addressing the issues which led to the narrow win for leave in the 2016 referendum. A lot of leave voters had legitimate grievances, wanted change and were fooled into believing that all their problems were the fault of the EU and could be solved by brexit.

"Tory leadership contest"

If only varian.
Stirring stuff from Gove at the end of the debate. His opening bid for the inevitable Tory leadership??
Heaven forfend!

Bravo varian.

Heartily agree varian. A government of the talents, where people did a job according to their skills and aptitude.

I would like to see both the Tory and Labour Parties broken up. The two party system created and sustained by our undemocratic FPTP electoral system has not served this country well.

There are a good number of sane Remainers in both parties who I, as a Liberal Democrat, am happy to agree with on many things.

If only Anna Soubry, Chukka Omunna, Sarah Woolaston, Hilary Benn, Ken Clarke, Ben Bradshaw, Phillip Lee, Yvette Cooper, Jo Johnson, David Lammy and so many others would leave the extremists in their old parties and get together with Vince Cable, Caroline Lucas, Ian Blackford and other good folk to steer our country in a better direction, as far away as possible from this brexit nonsense and all the vile hatred, lies and thuggery that has been stirred up by that fraudulent referendum.

I wish I knew how we could make that happen.

Which of Farages' policies do you especially like JE?

I would like to see Jess Philips in charge of Labour, she is the MP for Birmingham Yardley. She calls a spade a shovel. For the Tories it is anyone's guess. I am sorry that IDS missed the chance.

Jennifereccles your loyalty to the charlatan Farage is touching if a little deluded! I fail to see how a man who is not a member of a political party and couldn't even get elected as an MP in Thanet (very strong Brexit area) despite SEVEN attempts is in anyway capable of or suitable for any public position.

Scotland, who voted 2 to 1 to remain, have been totally sidelined in all this jockeying. As has London. Pandering to the wishes of the far right is not even a little bit fair.

I think Esther Mcvey will make a bid for the Conservative leadership.

I am assuming that the opening post was about someone wanting to replace Theresa May as Prime Minister, as we have a Conservative Government at the moment.

I would like Nigel Farage to set up a new party to see his Brexit plan through to completion. We have him to thank for forcing Cameron to give us the referendum in 2016, but over 2 years on we are now stuck in this dreadful mess of uncertainty.

He has quite rightly severed any connection to UKIP now it has moved too far to the Right, but I feel he is our best hope for delivering the Brexit that the majority of people in this country voted for and still want.