Theresa May made the biggest gamble of her political career this week: she agreed to resign as prime minister of the United Kingdom—a job she’s held since taking over from David Cameron in 2016 —if only the British parliament’s 650 members finally voted in favour of her Brexit deal. It must have struck her as a win-win situation: opponents would get to oust her from office, while her successful deal would have ended this seemingly endless Brexit farce.
She gambled on her unpopularity, but it turned out the British parliament hates her Brexit deal more than they hate her personally. Despite May winning over dozens of pro-Brexit MPs in her party with her attempt at martyrdom, the staunchest group she failed to woo were the Irish—specifically, the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland, whose members sunk the vote because Brexit would require a hard border between the U.K.
The Irish Border issue is treated as a red herring as neither the UK nor RoI have any intention of building a hard border. The key issue is for Parliament to respect democracy, unfortunately, some MPs who voted Remain refuse to RespectTheResult.
Brexit appears to be coming down to UKTories leadership needing to choose between (a) leaving with a new leader & without a deal (negotiating after leaving) or (b) destroying itself in order to defy the EUref result by trying to ram a BRINO WA through Parliament. ukpoli
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