Leaders ignore elephant in room

BRITAIN’S newest and most vague political movement set the tone for another frustrating day in UK politics.

But neither Theresa May nor Jeremy Corbyn acted like anything was happening.

As Prime Minister’s Questions got under way, it quickly became clear no one from the Government or the official opposition were going to acknowledge the very obvious splits in their ranks.

May and Corbyn’s faces were saved by mutual threat of embarrassment.

They just continued to tiptoe around the startlingly obvious crisis gripping the UK, failing to shed any light on what exactly the plan is to rescue us from catastrophe.

Not content with watching Labour continue to fracture, it’s like the Tories have decided they should implode a little more publicly.

Three MPs peeled off and made the symbolic move to their new political allies on the opposition benches.

What for? What’s this new collection of MPs going to do other than soothe people who want a centrist party but forgot about the Lib Dems?

Maybe, with a little momentum, it will lead to some fresh air between two deeply troubled parties at Westminster.

It’s unlikely to find much room in Scotland.

So far, it looks like nothing more than some upset politicians finding common cause by agreeing they didn’t like their leaders.

It does nothing to solve the Brexit deadlock. It doesn’t alter the balance of power in any meaningful way, and it isn’t really a political party.

At this stage, it is still gesture politics – a theatrical diversion from the very real problem facing the whole of the UK.

MPs can play musical chairs as much as they like. But right now it looks more like rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic.