With so many people in this country feeling frustration, disillusionment and anger with the inept and incompetent performance of our senior politicians, something is going to have to change, writes Hereford Times columnist Tim Kidson.

Politicians come in all shapes and sizes. Some are absolutely convinced of the need to put their beliefs and values on the line in the name of serving their country.

At the other end of the scale are people who keep their beliefs very close to their chest; they are much more interested in serving themselves and their ambition.

Yet others are confused between the two positions and may be somewhere in the middle.

In a time of national crisis, it is interesting to observe elected members that speak without fear nor favour because they see it as their duty to behave in this manner.

There are others however, that whatever the question, manage to put a gloss on their answer so that no one really knows what they think about a particular issue.

At the moment, but who knows what tomorrow may bring, the PM appears to be very sure of herself; she is convinced that what she is proposing is the “only deal on the table” and that it would be a breach of democracy not to drive it through parliament by the due date.

She is seen to have clear “red lines” that will not be crossed. However, others see that position as being closed, stubborn and inflexible. She risks the implosion of her cabinet if she moves too far in one direction or another.

Then the leader of the opposition appears to have a very different style.

He is reluctant to commit to any particular alternative approach; he is biding his time, like a hooded cobra waiting for the moment to pounce.

He knows that supporting the case for a referendum will result in senior people resigning from the shadow cabinet. After all these people came from constituencies that voted for Brexit. Two very different styles of leadership, both of which have kept the two players in power to date.

It makes you wonder what sort of people want to be politicians in the first place? Maybe there is the same cross section of human diversity that you can find in any profession; the good, the bad and the ugly.

We read today that the cabinet are so “appalled” by the behaviour of the speaker, John Bercow, that they are planning to block the peerage that is traditionally awarded to outgoing speakers. If true, this is pure playground stuff.

There has long been a national feeling of interest, affection and pride in the Houses of Parliament and how they go about their business.

Is it heretical or somehow unpatriotic to suggest that they may no longer be fit for purpose? What worked in previous centuries and for previous generations may not work anymore. Maybe our political set up is anachronistic in an extraordinarily fast-moving world.

If the Houses of Parliament had been a business since June 2016 they would surely have been sold or closed down by now…..