BEFORE delving into the latest ridiculous developments in Westminster, I have to take this opportunity to share the deep upset and sadness I felt hearing about the tragic terrorist attack which took place in Christchurch, New Zealand, last week.

It was a heart-breaking act of cruelty. However, the best of humanity always displays itself in reaction to this kind of horror. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, responded with powerful and decisive leadership, which should serve to remind us all of what we should expect from our political leaders.

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My constituency office is less than a one-minute walk from a local mosque, and they were victim to a fake bomb being left at their front door recently. The rise of this kind of racist extremism cannot be ignored. People should be able to live their lives in safety and peace. I hope we will all do better.

Sitting down to do this column, it’s hard to know where to start. It’s got to be about Brexit again – because the UK Government literally can’t do anything else. But what part to talk about – do I start with Labour abstaining on the People’s Vote amendment, or do I start with the Prime Minister’s sleekit manoeuvres to try get a third “Meaningful (read: meaningless) Vote”, or should I start with the Speaker’s intervention preventing that vote, or do I talk about the Prime Minister running off to Brussels to beg for an extension to Article 50 despite not knowing what she will use it for, or do I start with the ridiculous statement the Prime Minister delivered from Downing Street?

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All of these things deserve a bit of discussion. It probably goes without saying that I have found Jeremy Corbyn to be nothing but a disappointment since his ascension to the leader of the Labour Party.

He spoke a great game during the leadership elections, talking about getting rid of Trident and correcting the sway of politics in the UK from always creeping further and further right, to heading steadfastly back to the left. But his actions have been anything but. The 2017 Labour manifesto commitment to renewing Trident was disappointing, but the complete inaction on Brexit ever since has been disgraceful.

I said in a column in weeks gone past that Corbyn’s legacy would be apathy laced with with opportunism, and whipping his MPs against the People’s Vote amendment is one of the finest examples of this.

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A happier turn of events was Speaker Bercow intervening to prevent the Government wasting yet more time forcing MPs to traipse through the No Lobby to vote down her deal for a third time.

Of course, the announcement was followed, as almost everything is these days, by hours of faux outrage from the Tory benches. The points of order went on and on and on and on, and all that was achieved was the Tory benches once again making themselves look like contemptuous children.

If Brexit was about the UK Parliament “taking back control”, you have to wonder, every single time the UK Parliament exerts some control over the process, why do the hard Brexit mob throw an absolute tantrum? It seems to me that it was never about the UK Parliament or the people of the UK having control, but about concentrating control into the hands of the Tory Government of the day.

The extension the Prime Minister has secured is barely worth talking about. The Parliamentary arithmetic is still stubbornly not on the Prime Minister’s side and her deal almost certainly will be defeated a third time. When that happens, what comes next?

Indicative votes to decide a way forward? Revoking Article 50? Another referendum? The Prime Minister resigning? A General Election? All of those options, apart from revoking Article 50, will take too long.

The Prime Minister admitted for the first time this week that Brexit is in crisis. I agree with her. But many others and I noticed this a long long time ago. Seemingly that is the reason the Prime Minister decided to deliver her bizarre statement from Downing Street on Wednesday night. The point of that statement remains unclear, but it was truly odd to watch.

Where the country was hoping a way forward was about to be announced, the Prime Minister used her time to scold MPs who are trying to represent their constituents for not doing exactly what she wants how she wants it.

In all likelihood, Theresa May’s only legacy as Prime Minister will be that she’s the first Prime Minister to make Downing Street statements a boring event for political journalists.

When I watch all of this, I feel nothing but frustration. The UK Parliamentary system is a broken mess, and Scotland deserves better.