Delurking again briefly to thank a number of posters for some really insightful comments. Apologies that these go back a few threads: I was away for a couple of days and am just getting back on track.
@Gretawhitethorn - you expressed so well my own fear about Johnson, i.e. that he needs it "to drag on and on and for himself to look like the guy who is trying his best to get it done for them and being thwarted at every turn"
I hope we're both wrong about his "support who care more about satisfying their anger at brexit being thwarted than they do about the funding NHS and fixing other social problems".
@Singasonga - a hundred yeses to your post about the wasted opportunity for May to demonstrate real states(wo)manship and look for unity, squandering instead for a futile search for 'The Real Brexit'
@DreichXmas - I'm fascinated by your reference to voluntary work in the US court system and that it doesn't have an equivalent in the UK. Are you comfortable sharing more information about this?
For what it's worth I'm intrigued by the reference in the Tory manifesto to the post Brexit need to "look at the broader aspects of our constitution... [including] access to justice for ordinary people"
As well as agreeing with RTB that environmental issues will increase in electoral significance in future, I hope wonder if/when issues of justice will come to the fore. On Twitter the Secret Barrister has pointed out that Keir Starmer presided over a lot of damaging cuts to the CPS, and there is little doubt that for those who have day to day contact with the courts and justice systems that they're pretty much at breaking point. The success of the Secret Barrister's book has done wonders for raising the issues, but they still don't seem to be of mainstream concern.
What do others think will/should be the issues that the next general election should be fought over?