Laura Kuenssberg: Inside the high-stakes soap opera that led to political chaos

"It was, as she sees it, a collective meltdown in a country previously known for stability."

Actually I'd argue repression not stability, I've come to view the UK having lived here all my life as one of the most scientifically advanced repressive nations on the planet, just look at the work of Dominic Cummings, or the police or the military! I know the Germans are often portrayed as being very rigid, but I honestly think that title should go to the UK.

And you have to thank the BBC for the nations love of the Arthur Daley character from the TV series Only Fools and Horses, which Nigel Farage emulated so eloquently.

Surely the BBC et al should take a bow for the part its played in enabling Brexit in a Little Britain Vicky Pollard kind of way?

I mean I've never seen so much of the British Press from all political corners seemingly united in their direct and indirect promotion of Brexit with their Johnny Foreigner bashing that gave rise to UKIP.

Anyway nothing appears to have changed for over 50 years when reading this [1].

The UK ruling elite have a stubbornness and pig headedness that rival the Taliban in Afghanistan!

So I'm sure nothing will have changed in the next 50 or 100 years time.

[1] https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/cabinetpapers/alevelstud...

The conservative party under Cameron running the brexit campaign to try and regain mutual trust amongst themselves (euroskeptic/europhile split) and misunderstanding what they had unleashed on themselves and the nation as a whole. Why? Because of latent and then overt fear of Nigel Farage, an opportunistic rightist media tart. He dressed as flash Harry from St Trinians films or "Arfur" Daly with the velvet collar suit of a spiv, and milked the anti European fever while taking the European parliamentary income stream.

The truly awesome part being it was constitutionally non binding, and at best a thin signal for the suicide pill option, by no means a complete lay down misere for the ensuing debacle.

And then three successive waves of incompetency at number 10 including a serial liar and an occupant who lasted less time than a supermarket lettuce remains fresh, captured on TV.

All it needed was a Corbyn and Jacob Rees Mogg and good luck provided both. Labour couldn't decide where it stood, and ultimately stood for .. nothing.