text: The poor old Brits. Now lead by a lame duck PM who fronts a party torn between its dinosaur anti-EU little Englanders and a slightly more "progressive" faction. In the wings is an old socialist dinosaur as head of the Labour party whose views on most things apart from massive spending commitments are shrouded in mystery. May's bargaining position vis-a-vis the EU is now hopelessly compromised. The leaders in Brussels must be laughing themselves stupid....