Brexit twists and turns continue as leave date nears

Aside from reporting over the past fortnight on the two sessions, like many British people I have also had one eye on the somewhat less orderly events in the United Kingdom parliament.

This has usually involved getting up very early to watch reports on various TV channels about the previous night's Brexit votes, of which there have been a great many.

One tends to ask oneself whether you are witnessing your own country going through some form of existential meltdown or representative parliamentary democracy in the raw that will eventually deliver a workable result.