And so the caucus race goes on and the long tale still has no end in sight. Theresa in Wonderland has been instructed by her party, like Alice taking dictation from the Dodo, to run round pointlessly in a circle. The Dodo is an apt metaphor for what the Conservative Party seems determined to be. It is in a mood of self-harm and the culprits are its members who should never be allowed near power in a political party.

It is time to insist on this important but unfashionable point because excessive power granted to members of the main political parties is making progress impossible. We are stuck for ever in this pointless circle of Brexit hell because we have two party leaders who are