Our national politics is in crisis and the nation is divided, perhaps more so that at any time in the last fifty years. A Prime Minister with no mandate has appointed a right wing cabinet, and said she wouldn’t hesitate to hit the nuclear button. And this a few days after downgrading the urgency of tackling climate change. Meanwhile the Labour Party is tearing itself apart, hate crime is on the increase, the economy teeters on a precipice, and all the while Brexit looms like a spectre over our heads threatening the removal of important protections that are needed more than ever..