On Monday afternoon in the Commons, Theresa May will update MPs about any progress she may have made on Brexit options following her conclusive parliamentary defeat last week. She merely leads one of the many groups with no majority that make up the patchwork of Commons Brexit opinion. She needs either to find Brexit allies, in which case she must compromise on policy, or to reset the Brexit process in some way, which will require an even bolder form of leadership. In the first, John Major told the BBC that Mrs May needs to become a mediator between parliament’s many Brexit groups. Mrs May, he says, must stop the Brexit clock and embrace new ways that could assist the building of a consensus.

Source: The Guardian January 20, 2019 18:25 UTC