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The patience of the people is at an end - EXPRESS COMMENTNOT for the first time we look to Her Majesty the Queen for wise counsel. 18:57, Mon, Mar 11, 2019 | UPDATED: 19:07, Mon, Mar 11,

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But it is clearly asking too much of our self-centred and increasingly belligerent representatives in the House of Commons to heed her advice and act accordingly. "We are able to look to the

future with greater confidence and optimism as a result of the links that we share," the Queen says in her message for Commonwealth Day today. This comes on the back of her speech in

January referring to "respecting different points of view" and "coming together to seek out the common ground".

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Indeed, the strength of the Commonwealth is that it represents a coming together of nations without any attempt to force those countries to join a political union that locks them into rules

and regulations that might well not be in their national interests.

It is just that sort of authoritarian organisation which Britain is trying to leave - and while it is undeniable that we are making a dreadful mess of our departure it is also the case that

the people we are dealing with in Brussels, such as Donald Tusk, Jean-Claude Juncker and Michel Barnier, are behaving in a shamefully vindictive manner.

That's why any extension to Article 50 would only prolong our humiliation.

We know Mrs May's deal is far from perfect but we urge MPs to back it and bring to a close this debacle.The patience of the British people is reaching its end.

BREXIT has been all-consuming and one of the most tragic results has been the loss of concentration on crime, which has facilitated the rise in knife attacks and devastating loss of life.

"Something must be done" is the chorus, but little changes. Young people are carrying knives and brandishing them on our streets - and they are doing so because fewer police are on patrol.

"We are at a tipping point," says Andy Cooke, chief constable of Merseyside Police. And when faced with a tipping point, emergency measures must be put in place.

That means more police, more powers of arrest, more stop and search - and less prevarication from mealy-mouthed liberals.

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ONE has to be so careful not to offend in today's super-sensitive world.

But who would have thought that Mary Berry would fall out with some Italians for her pronouncing espresso as "expresso" and bruschetta as 'brooshetta?'

Frankly, we think it's nothing to get heated about. After all, we don't mind when Americans call Birmingham "Bir-min-ham".

A bit of mispronunciation is the least of our worries with our European neighbours.