Is Theresa May losing her way to a final, astonishing victory? One of the many lessons of the Brexit crisis seems to be that the old rules of politics were merely an illusion. The prime minister finds herself defeated again and again, whipping against her own motion on no deal, and suffering a breakdown in discipline in her own cabinet. And yet she remains in office – and her deal remains alive.
Puzzlingly, May’s proposal has the highest probability of any of the possible outcomes and yet is more likely to fail than to succeed. The principal strength of May’s deal is the fact of it. It is the only negotiated settlement with the EU that is available and the only route to leaving in an orderly fashion. No deal was revealed to have been a reckless political hoax designed to discipline MPs, but has caused far more problems for the prime minister than it solved. She has only herself to blame.
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