DIVIDED NATION

Accepting that this election was a mistake, what this result reveals is the bottomless divide about Brexit between urban and non-urban demographics and also between generations. There have been suggestions that David Cameron should not have made the early negotiations as a Conservative statesman, but gone to Brussels with a crossparty delegation, representing the interests of Great Britain. Perhaps it is not too late to put pride aside and assemble a non-partisan panel of the best British brains to begin negotiations in a collegiate way. This may mean finding some middle ground, but it will avoid the breakdown and isolation of society and business that could be tantamount to civil war in Britain.

The prognosis is grim, Theresa May is trying recover her moral authority in the party and to stabilise the precari-