The pivot by the increasingly desperate British prime minister threatens to implode the Conservative Party, with hard-liners fearful that the move will result in an ultrasoft Brexit.
By William Booth , William Booth London bureau chief Email Bio Follow Karla Adam and Karla Adam London correspondent covering the United Kingdom Email Bio Follow Michael Birnbaum Michael Birnbaum Brussels bureau chief covering Europe Email Bio Follow April 3 at 2:33 PM LONDON — It might be the biggest gamble of her political career.
Johnson told Sky News: “For those of us who campaigned for Brexit and who believe in the opportunities of Brexit, it is bitterly disappointing.” The prime minister’s gambit, to reach across to Corbyn, shows how dire May’s position is. She is a weakened leader, chairing a fractious cabinet in open revolt, filled with feuding “remainers” and “leavers” who aspire to replace her. And she presides over a party that remains as divided as ever on Brexit, almost three years after the June 2016 referendum on Britain’s membership in the E.U.
Barclay told BBC Radio that the only alternative left was to look for support from Labour “because 35 of my own colleagues would not support the prime minister’s deal” in the last vote.“It is undesirable, but it’s the remorseless logic of the numbers of the House of Commons,” he said.On Wednesday morning, Conservative lawmaker Nigel Adams quit the government, saying he didn’t agree that a deal “cooked up with a Marxist” like Corbyn was better than no deal.
Cameron, May’s predecessor, called the 2016 referendum to appease the Euroskeptics in his party and to outmaneuver the U.K. Independence Party, which wanted Britain to exit the bloc. Cameron thought he could win and his party would finally stop “banging on about Europe,” as he memorably once said.Anand Menon, professor of European politics at King’s College London, said that “an awful lot” of the Brexit drama “has been about keeping the Conservative Party together.
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