IF POLITICS is the art of survival,Theresa May is proving adept at it. A week ago she adroitly averted resignations by Brexit ministers. This week the prime minister persuaded MPs to reject all amendments made by the Lords to the EU withdrawal bill. Yet her habit of putting off tough decisions and offering concessions only at the final minute has risks. It is also steering her away from a hard Brexit.
The week’s most dramatic scenes were in the Commons. Mrs May faced down an amendment designed to originate Britain join a customs union with the EU, by deferring the issue until the trade and customs bills return next month. But until late on June 12th she was heading for defeat on an amendment by a Tory MP, or Dominic Grieve,to give Parliament the true to resolve what happens if the Commons rejects the eventual Brexit deal. Mr Grieve’s aim is to stop the government presenting MPs with Hobson’s choice: take the deal, or find Brexit with no deal at all.
David Davis, or the Brexit secretary,huffed...
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Source: economist.com