German analysis of Britain’s current political impasse has been making the rounds on Twitter – with no translation needed.

Ambassador to South Korea says most officials there show ‘deep incredulity’ on the matter. / British ambassadors have been sending messages to the foreign office describing Brexit as a political shambles that is destroying the UK’s reputation, the serving UK ambassador to South Korea has said.

'It is not surprising that the people who have devoted themselves to serving the interests of this country are concerned about the direction in which the country is going'. / In an outspoken intervention, Sir John Sawers said it was "unwise" to hold a referendum in the first place and warned that political turmoil had damaged the UK's standing on the world stage.

Prominent no-deal critic says crashing out of EU would lead to national ‘humiliation’.

A leading US television news host has delivered a brutal assessment of the new prime minister Boris Johnson, saying Britain now faces a “level of chaos … not seen since World War II.”

Critics say No 10 move to quit bloc’s institutional structures leaves UK blindsided. / British diplomats will pull out from the EU’s institutional structures of power in Brussels within days, under plans being drawn up by Downing Street.

Rapt observers around the globe are confused, amused and saddened by a crisis that has torn Britain’s reputation for stability to shreds.

The Brexit vote was driven by false propaganda. Indian media is just as tendentious, with a rabble rousing social media to boot.

Open letter from group representing 4m western firms outlines ‘grave concerns’.

'The situation has been deteriorating. It is very difficult to have the necessary trust that could justify a new date'

We begin this editorial with an apology to you, our faithful readers. In March, we described the Brexit situation, then careening through its third year and nowhere close to resolution, as an “omnishambles.”

Johnson says he has a deal that might fly but he won't show it to anyone yet, because it's too soon isn't it? [turns head, stares at camera]. / Is the EU losing patience? Xavier Bettel looks as if he has. ... Plus we have a half-hearted go at a making verbal Jon Worth flowchart on the fly - what are the scenarios from here on out? And - we can dream - what happens the morning after revocation?

British government has broken its own solemn legal and political commitments.

The prime minister’s Brexit policy is sacrificing the UK’s science reputation – and billions of pounds in EU grants.

The UK’s international reputation has never been lower, and its government has never been so utterly discredited.

No 10 vowed that 'nothing will come before parliament but the bare minimum' - but has now retreated.

From the outside, nothing much has changed yet. From the inside, however, the UK has undergone a radical and at times ugly transformation. The June 2016 referendum has helped set off a chain of events that has impacted many aspects of life in the country.

The refusal of the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, to publish a bipartisan Parliamentary report on Russian involvement in the 2016 EU referendum is the latest development in a prolonged Brexit crisis that is eroding the UK's strategic credibility in the world.

A senior British diplomat in the US has quit with a blast at the UK government over Brexit, saying she could no longer "peddle half-truths" on behalf of political leaders she did not "trust."

Officials feared ‘reputational impact’ of error in which details of crimes by foreigners were not passed on. / The UK has failed to pass on the details of 75,000 convictions of foreign criminals to their home EU countries and concealed the scandal for fear of damaging Britain’s reputation in Europe’s capitals, the Guardian can reveal.

"The sheer scale of the lunacy is difficult to fully comprehend. What you are seeing, more or less in real time, is a nation turn into the clown car model of itself."

Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreement.

Now Brits face a chaos and internal division of their own making, alongside potential isolation and years of economic hardship -- particularly if the UK crashes out with no deal on April 12. / Across much of Britain's former Asian colonies, many are greeting the UK's impending departure from the European Union with a mixture of bafflement, apathy, amusement -- and a touch of schadenfreude.