It would certainly be less bad than no deal or Mrs May’s November 2018 deal. She is not rolling the pitch for a new and softer Brexit approach that she intends to adopt after her new approach to Brussels goes wrong. Reports on Thursday confirm that there is nothing visionary or heroic about Mrs May’s approach. There are undoubtedly places in Britain where Labour MPs sit for leave-voting constituencies which are crying out for investment amid industrial and community decline. But the same problems exist in remain-voting constituencies too, and in other places across the UK whose MPs choose, for honourable reasons, not to back Mrs May’s Brexit approach.

Source: The Guardian January 31, 2019 18:22 UTC