Theresa May may cling to office but she remains prime minister in name only. She may have seen off a threat to her leadership at the weekend, but the government remains in disarray. Plans to bring her twice-defeated deal back to parliament for a third time early this week had to be swiftly abandoned yesterday when it became clear that the Democratic Unionist Party and hardline Brexiteers were not budging.
By the end of yesterday the government had lost control of the Brexit process to parliament, which will now try to navigate a way out of the chaos via a series of indicative votes. This will see MPs voting on alternatives to Mrs May’s deal, ranging from no deal to no Brexit and every variety