Now that Britain has a much weakened Conservative government, still with more parliamentary seats than the main Labour opposition but with only a precarious ascendancy over all the other parties in Parliament together, what are the prospects for Brexit — the process of British disengagement from the European Union?
One point about which to be clear is that there is no going back. The recent general election has confirmed that the vast majority of the population wants the withdrawal process to continue in one form or another.
One other clear point is that the prospect of Scotland leaving the United Kingdom has greatly receded.