No wonder y’all so sick of Brexit

When will it end?

The Brexit negotiations now feel like that period in the late 80s when Dallas limped on episode after episode, heading nowhere, interesting no one, but seemingly unstoppable.

And just when you think we might be getting towards some kind of resolution – with a meaningful vote and a transition deal – then May bottles it and Bobby Ewing steps out of the shower with the hellish prospect of five more series.

Once it fascinated the nation (yes, the analogy is continuing), was filled with machinating baddies and (a few) goodies, and dominated every conversation.

But as time limps past it becomes a jaded, faded, mess, satisfying no one, trusted by no one, stuffed with unbelievable characters and plotlines too extraordinary to contemplate.

So how does it end?

Well, in Dallas you may recall (if you were one of the five viewers still interested by 1991) it finally ended with the central character deserted by friends, colleagues... everyone.

After years of arrogance, aloofness and carving up dodgy deals to retain power, he is seen for what he is.

Attempts to topple him have failed (remember Kristin) and he is alive in pulse only. He hangs on powerless and isolated looking morosely back on how different things could have been.

That was the 22nd episode of the 14th series.

Tragically, I fear we’re still only on about episode 13 of Brexit. TOPPLED JR Ewing