Her steadfastness in the face of extraordinary personal attacks and an unremitting schedule of hard graft is undeniable. May has tried to make the argument to her party that they must choose her Brexit or no Brexit. If May fails to win parliament’s approval for her deal even at a second pass, only radical options are available. She cannot now face another vote of no confidence from Tory colleagues – the ERG has played that card already. Stephen Fisher, an elections expert at Oxford University, argues that May’s least bad option at that point may be to reach for a referendum, pitting Brexit on her terms against remaining in the EU.

Source: The Guardian December 14, 2018 17:02 UTC