The national political landscape in Britain does not look good at the moment. It is like a ship at sea, with a crew that is present, but is not focused on steering the vessel.

It is quite apparent that the government's negotiations with the EU are not going well at all. Bear in mind, we are meant to leave the EU next year. There are those who seem to advocate that crashing out will not be a bad thing. These are the wishful thinkers. There are others in the government who advocate a soft Brexit, with some sort of custom union to reduce the harsh edges that crashing out will cause on the economy.

Prime Minister Theresa May may be in 10 Downing Street, but she has failed to provide proper leadership. We are in this state because May is constantly trying to appease the Hard Brexit cult in the Tory party.

With hindsight, what should have happened? I think David Cameron made a serious error when he called for the vote. He should attached a condition that only a 60 per cent result either would alter our membership of the European Union. The actual vote in 2016 was way too slim for the nation to make such a momentous decision.

Theresa May, once she became PM, should have called an all party conference to establish a clear line on the best position to take. Would it not have been sensible to reach an agreement with all the main parties?May compounded the mess by calling a needless election. The result was that she lost her majority in the House of Commons.

This will be one of the most momentous decisions taken by a British state apart from going to war, and yet there is no sense that Thresa May's government know what they are doing. The right wing papers like The Sun, The Daily Mail and The Telegraph are determined to accept no form of compromise. They want us out of the EU. Period. Meanwhile, the business community are still waiting for some kind of clarity about our departure.

You almost feel like hibernating for six months so that you wake up when the whole damn thing is over.