It was somewhat predictable, but I had hoped with less than a year to ‘Brexit Day’ there would be some grand plan in place. If not a grand plan, a plan which would merely show us the light and what direction we should take.

At the minute we are being led round and round in circles by a government struggling to get its own house in order without having to face the enormous task of removing Britain from the EU.

In Brussels, Mr Juncker and his associates are sitting back and enjoying the show. Brexit at one point could have destabilised the status quo in Brussels, but be under no illusions: after watching the on-going train wreck that is the UK’s slow and shambolic departure, any other member state would be daft to push forward with plans to leave the Union.

This tragedy could have been prevented. Had there been serious consultation work undertaken by the UK government things could have been rather different.  Brexit offers the UK a chance to explore markets it hasn’t previously set eyes on.

This article is not a for or against membership of the EU: regardless of what side of the fence you sit on, or sat, it is in everyone’s interests to come together and help shape the UK beyond Brexit. But a common sense of purpose remains elusive.

Potently, the manner in which the Brexit discussions have been conducted has led to a serious deterioration in the relationship with the Irish government and uncertainty for an already polarised Northern Ireland. With the thorny issue of the Irish border taking centre stage (unsurprisingly) it is even more bizarre that the British government has yet to produce with any sort of credible plan on how to deal with it.

Theresa May has been put in an impossible position; she is a prisoner within her own house. Whatever decision she makes it is likely to antagonise one side of the camp. The arrangement with the DUP has been nothing short of a disaster for the smooth withdrawal from the EU.  Aware that any decision that does not sit well with the DUP has the potential to bring down her government, she is gingerly walking on a tight rope.

One way or another this bitter mess will come to a conclusion, and if the mood music doesn’t change it will be a conclusion that does not do anymore in the UK any favours.