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After months of trying to find a Brexit position that all wings of the Conservative Party could agree on, May seems to have given up, and gone for something that at least 20 -- and probably more -- of her lawmakers are likely to vote against. Without a majority in Parliament, she needs Labour either to vote with her or abstain, something the party is clear that it won’t do.
“We’re not sure if Theresa May now commands a majority in the House of Commons,” Watson told the BBC on Tuesday. On the question of what kind of Brexit deal might win the approval of parliament, he was pessimistic. “It’s conceivable that there’s no majority for any deal.”
He went on to say Labour is still open to another national vote on Brexit. Indeed, he said, there were circumstances where it might be necessary: A referendum might be the only way to break parliamentary deadlock. [...]