Labour’s ‘Fraying’ Brexit Compromise Shows May a Path to Victory
- Prime minister was handed win in key vote by Labour rebels
- Corbyn struggling to control divisions over leaving the EU
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One of Theresa May’s most important victories on Tuesday night was to block what she described as a “deeply misguided” attempt by Parliament to wrest control of the Brexit process from her government.
But the voting lists for the 321 to 298 defeat of Yvette Cooper’s amendment reveal that its significance is deeper -- and it could show a way for the prime minister to use opposition Labour lawmakers to win Parliament’s support for her Brexit deal.