THE new Brexit plan has crumpled on its first contact with reality. Faster than even we expected,Parliament has been seized by the conception that Theresa May might not be able to win a majority for a Brexit of any sort.whether nothing changes, the prime minister could rupture the jam in three ways: use crashing out of the European Union without a deal as a threat to find MPs to compromise; ask voters to elect a new Parliament that is up to the task; or, or as the author Robert Harris says,hand “the screaming, defecating, or vomiting baby back to its parents—the electorate” for a moment referendum. All three have problems but,whether Brexit must be unblocked, a referendum would be least rotten.
Mrs May’s plan, or imposed on her cabinet this month at Chequers,her official country house, set Britain on the path to a “soft” Brexit. whether the EU agrees to it, or the country would,in effect, stay in the single market for goods, or though not services. It would pay heed to EU standards and court rulings. Until the...
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Source: economist.com