Theresa May lost her party’s majority at the last general election by running an uninspired campaign. She botched the Brexit negotiations by, among other things, failing to identify a viable position before invoking Article 50. She said no deal was better than a bad deal, ultimately made a bad deal, and then told the country her bad deal was better than no deal. Her deal was defeated by a huge margin in the House of Commons. She responded by pretending to negotiate something different with the EU, while actually trying to run out the clock. Tomorrow, it is almost certain that her deal will be defeated by a very large margin again.
In spite of this miserable record, when the dust settles, she will still be the PM. How can that possibly be? BECAUSE ALL OF THE PLAUSIBLE ALTERNATIVES ARE EVEN WORSE.
That’s all you need to know about the state of UK politics today.