Crisis!

So, the dust has settled on yesterday's bit of 'excitement' as the Tory party self-indulgently decided to have a vote of no-confidence in its leader (and Prime Minister), whilst we are in the middle of a political crisis which could yet become a constitutional crisis, and what has changed?  That's right: very little.  May is still Tory leader and PM and she still can't see any way of getting her lousy Brexit deal through parliament.  She still won't countenance either a second referendum or any alternative Brexit deal and the EU won't budge on any of the terms of her own proposed deal.  The only difference is that May's position is weakened in that around a third of her own MPs voted against her and by the fact that, in order to secure the support of the other two thirds, she had to make the concession that she won't be leading the Tories into the next general election.  (The latter was pretty much a foregone conclusion following her abject performance in the last election).  On a slightly more positive note, the Tory remainers have been emboldened by the vote and Brextremists like Rees Mogg and the European Research Group (ERG) have been weakened by the vote (which, ironically, they orchestrated).  Not, I fear, that that will mean the ERG will shut the fuck up or that we'll see less of the abhorrent Rees Mogg on TV.

Despite all of this, British politics remains in crisis and the worst government in living memory still clings to power.  I've been surprised that living through a political crisis of this magnitude has been so uneventful: you'd think that people would be out on the streets and protesting outside parliament.  But no, they just carry on doing their shopping.  Still, it is Christmas, I suppose.  But really, people should be getting angrier - this the first British government to be foud in contempt of parliament, they also lost three Commons votes in a day and have been forced to postpone a vote on a key piece of legislation - Brexit - which will have profound consequences for the UK economy for decades to come, because they can't even persuade their own MPs to support it.  In the meantime, no other parliamentary business is getting done.  The government is effectively paralysed.  So why aren't people marching on Downing Street and demanding the government's mass resignation?  Perhaps it is the lack of any inspiring alternative.  Certainly, none of the Tory contenders for the leadership have any popular appeal.  Not even that buffoon Boris Johnson - the public has seemingly tired of his bumbling schtick.  As for Labour - well, their apparent unwillingness to outline an alternative to may's deal and their own weak leadership are hardly inspiring.  God, it's all so depressing!