, Columnist
Will the Real Theresa May Stand Up?
On the eve of the biggest battle over Brexit, her party can’t decide if she did her best or tried to frustrate it.
Avoiding the short route to chaos.
Photographer: Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images
British Prime Minister Theresa May is doing something politicians almost never do: She is charging into a battle she will almost certainly lose. Parliament is widely expected to reject her Brexit deal on Dec. 11.
That has led to massive speculation about what comes next. Does she have a plan to survive and lead the aftermath, or, like the Spartan Leonidas at the Battle of Thermopylae, will she sacrifice herself and her troops for a position she can’t hold? Many are advising her to pull the vote, but she has so far resisted.