Brexit: Theresa May serves up cocktails and knighthoods before showdown
CNNEditor’s Note: Jane Merrick is a British political journalist and former political editor of the Independent on Sunday newspaper. May used an article in the Mail on Sunday newspaper to try to spell out in the starkest of terms what the failure of her deal would mean if MPs vote against it next week. Addressing both groups using language that would appeal to their conservative values, May warned that a failure to vote for her deal would not only risk democracy – because it could mean no Brexit at all, against the wishes of the British people – but also could cost MPs’ constituents their jobs and the ability to “put food on the table for their families.” She then went onto the BBC’s Andrew Marr program to insist her deal was the only one on the political table – and if she lost next the vote then “we are in uncharted territory.” She said: “Don’t let the search for the perfect become the enemy of the good, because the danger there is that we end up with no Brexit at all.” Yet mere words will not be enough to win over the majority of those who were ready to oppose the deal last month. Christopher Furlong/Getty Images Instead, May’s chances of winning her vote – and in turn surviving as Prime Minister – are likely to rest with opposition Labour MPs and with Brussels itself. While EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Emmanuel Macron have talked tough over Brexit in recent weeks, ultimately they would prefer the UK to have a working relationship with the EU rather than a no-deal scenario – the likely outcome if the Commons refuses to support May’s deal.
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