Prime minister has few options before Tuesday but to remind MPs of the risks of no deal
There is not much uniting the Conservatives at present, but on one issue everybody is agreed. Theresa May has to try something to avoid risking a humiliating defeat in Tuesday night’s Brexit vote. What is surprising senior insiders is that so far, the prime minister has hardly acted.
Cabinet ministers summoned to see May last Thursday could not believe how little the prime minister had to say for herself, although she let the conversation run and frustrations be aired. Meanwhile, an amendment on giving MPs a vote if the UK wanted to enter the backstop early failed because hostile Tories want the backstop removed entirely.
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