Theresa May pays the ultimate price to try to seal her Brexit deal
Her promise to quit marks the culmination of her loss of control over the Brexit process
THE REFERENDUM in June 2016 was supposedly about taking back control. This made the news on March 27th that Theresa May had offered to resign to get her Brexit deal through more poignant. That her announcement took place as MPs were, for the first time in living memory, taking back control of their agenda from the government to hold indicative votes on Brexit emphasised her lost authority.
This article appeared in the Britain section of the print edition under the headline “The ultimate price”
Britain March 30th 2019
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