The Scotsman

May defeated

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Theresa May suffered a humiliatin­g House of Commons defeat when her Brexit deal was rejected by MPS.

How she’s clung on for so long tells you all you need to know about Westminste­r. It’s not fit for purpose. In any other field of employment she’d have been sacked ages ago. She is, by miles, the worst-ever UK PM.

Angelo Greig

If the government (voted in by us) decided on another referendum I for one would not bother voting – what is the point when we’re being ignored anyway.

Anne-marie Burgess

A PM with no authority, held hostage and managed by the ERG and DUP. It is the latter who run the UK government.

David Wood

She won an election, a vote of no confidence in her leadership and a confidence motion in her government. If that doesn’t give you authority what does?

Barry Dechambau She lost a majority, holding an election she didn’t need to have and had promised she wouldn’t call, leaving her party reliant on the support of a party that doesn’t believe in dinosaurs. No other Tory fancied taking the job of being the final UK Prime Minister before the break-up. If that doesn’t make you ask why we’re in this Union what does?

Ross Greenshiel­ds Why did they ever agree to a confidence and supply deal with one of the most lockedin-a-timewarp Unionist party of all? Talk about selling your soul.

John Berry Anyone who really wants to go for no deal and believes that we should leave Europe has absolutely no economic understand­ing of the consequenc­es. I respect your views but this Second World War mentality does

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