Four days after Britain was supposed to leave the European Union it is clear Theresa May is part of the problem and increasingly unlikely to find a solution.
To call the entire Brexit process a shambles is no exaggeration.
The chaos created by an incompetent Prime Minister, a collapsing government and the warring Conservative Party are a national humiliation.
There is no guarantee a general election would produce a radically different Parliament or a route forward but asking the people what they would like is better than any other option.
In the meantime, we urge May in the days and weeks she has left in Downing Street to listen to MPs and stop offering herself as a hostage to hard-line Brexit no-dealers both in her own party and Northern Ireland’s DUP.
Brexit: Tory u-turns AGAIN and says MPs should 'never' vote on Theresa May's deal
One of the tragedies of this ordeal is that votes like those tonight (Monday) were not called two years ago to try to find a consensus.
Twisting knife
Theresa May, first as Home Secretary and now Prime Minister, should accept her share of responsibility for the surge in knife crime.
Conservative governments have squeezed pay and pensions of teachers and nurses for nine years. Now, suddenly, they have been put on the frontline in the battle against crime.
It is nothing more than rank hypocrisy
The facts speak for themselves when May has issued marching orders to 21,000 police officers, punching holes in the thin blue line.
Everybody has a role to play in ending this crisis, including educators and health workers.
It is about time the PM accepts we need more, not fewer, police on our streets with the resources to do their jobs properly.
Tax break-fast
The fact that Kellogg’s British arm paid no corporation tax could get the breakfast firm a rather frosty reception.
Its sweet profits of £33.9million will leave a bitter taste in the mouths of taxpaying Brits as they tuck into their cereals.
