LONDON — Prime Minister Theresa May often puts off critical decisions over Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union, or Brexit, hoping to wear down opponents through doggedness and determination. But her room to maneuver is rapidly shrinking. Twice this week, she has suffered losses in Parliament on amendments, even as she scrambles to limit the scale of a parliamentary defeat of her little-loved Brexit plan that everyone expects next week. One amendment passed by Mrs. May’s critics limits her ability to stall if she loses the vote next week, and requires her to come up with a Plan B within three working parliamentary days of that expected defeat, which would be Monday. The problem is that Mrs. May does not appear to have a Plan B, except to continue to talk to the European Union and hope that she can cajole more lawmakers to support Plan A.

Source: New York Times January 10, 2019 18:33 UTC