Motes and beams

This would appear to raise some questions:

Theresa May will urge MPs on Monday not to “break faith with the British people” by demanding a second referendum, as she faces intense pressure to give parliament a say on Brexit before Christmas.

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“Let us not break faith with the British people by trying to stage another referendum,” the prime minister will tell MPs. “Another vote which would do irreparable damage to the integrity of our politics, because it would say to millions who trusted in democracy, that our democracy does not deliver. Another vote which would likely leave us no further forward than the last.”

Was "the integrity of our politics" enhanced when, after three days of debate and countless denials, the Prime Minister chose to dodge a vote she was certain to lose?  Was "the integrity of our politics" improved when she called a general election after weeks of denying that she would do so?

And as for the ability of our democracy to deliver, the obvious failure of the government to produce a negotiated settlement of Brexit is hardly s sign that all is well.  While the bickering over party leadership continues to do little for good government.