SO farewell then, Theresa May.

It must be pretty galling to have dedicated yourself, your time, your health so wholeheartedly to one cause – the dominance of the Conservative and Unionist Party – and to have failed so spectacularly.

So another Remainer Prime Minister backs out, while senior Tories circle like vultures around the rotten carcass of a role none of them really want but just can’t resist taking a bite out of.

Will whoever wins have learned anything? All the talk of compromise suggests not.

There can be no compromise on Brexit, it is a binary choice in the eyes of those on both sides, and ultimately one side won.

Further attempts to push through the Tories’ surrender document, or to seek a second referendum, will mean the end of the oldest and most successful political party in the world.

Naturally, few will weep.

Vale Sir Vince

Sir Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat leader, has decided to step down as well, with not the best timing for the announcement.

The two leadership races will run simultaneously and frankly, even given the rather lacklustre selection of candidates the Tory Party has mustered, no one will be watching the Lib Dems.

One wonders how coincidental this clash of announcements was, perhaps Mrs May has her eyes on another leadership position more suited to her politics.

Polls show fewer Lib Dems are disappointed with Mrs May’s departure than Conservative or Labour supporters. Perhaps they sense a kindred spirit. Or perhaps they fear it is the closest they will ever get to Number 10.

Value for money

Stats from Facebook show the Brexit Party spent a fairly average amount on social media ads over the past month, less than Labour or the Lib Dems.

However it has received more likes, shares and comments than every other party combined.

It has some 30 times more than Change UK, which spent four times the amount.

Perhaps the key to winning votes is less about spending wads of cash of unknown origin on saturating the media with propaganda and more about the message you are imparting.

Tomorrow we will have more of an idea which message resonates with the electorate.

Embarrassing

I noticed that Change UK’s inspiring barcode logo somehow didn’t make it onto the ballot paper.

The Tories have begun selecting candidates to compete in ChUK’s annexed territory, but let’s face it this lot burned their bridges so thoroughly there was never any way back over the chasm. When their novelty party folds it will be interesting to see if any try to jump ship to the Lib Dems.

You would have to have a hard heart not to laugh.

How different might things have been if they had just formed a new party immediately, and called it the Remain Party, with a platform to revoke Article 50.

They wouldn’t have won, of course, but the current situation is beyond schadenfreude.

Democracy in action

Once again it will be down to the members of the Tory party to name our next Prime Minister and potentially thereby dictate the future of the country.

Whoever they choose it is clear the current crop of MPs are, for the most part, too craven to make a big political decision. Perhaps they have grown too used to these being made elsewhere.

We now have several parties which are unequivocally pro-Brexit and pro-Remain. We can settle this issue for good, and put dedicated people in charge to see it through, with a general election.

Let’s have a real leadership poll.