LONDON — After doing battle for years over how to withdraw Britain from the European Union, Prime Minister Theresa May and the opposition leader, Jeremy Corbyn, are expected to meet on Wednesday as potential but wary partners, following her stunning decision to reverse field and seek Mr. Corbyn’s help to get a plan through Parliament. Mr. Corbyn, a left-wing critic of the European Union, has played coy throughout the preparations for the withdrawal, or Brexit, pledging not to do anything to help the “Tory Brexit” and remaining vague about his own preferences. While he has indicated a willingness to work with the prime minister, the Labour Party has laid down six tests for Brexit, some of them seemingly designed to make such cooperation impossible. For months, Mrs. May worked sedulously to sell the withdrawal plan she negotiated with the European Union to the strongly pro-Brexit faction of her party, and to minimize the need for opposition support. Any other approach, she feared, could tear her party apart.

Source: New York Times April 03, 2019 11:36 UTC