May ploughs on but referendum may soon be her least bad option

By pledging a new vote, PM could win over remainers and sharpen the choice for leavers

Theresa May’s “you called me nebulous” outburst at Jean-Claude Juncker in Brussels on Friday came at the end of a week that was extraordinarily challenging even for a politician with her legendary resilience.

In the space of five days she was cajoled by her cabinet into pulling the meaningful vote, forced to cut short a whistle-stop tour of EU capitals to plead with her own colleagues to let her stay in Downing Street, and then suffered the indignity of being told by EU leaders that they did not know what she wanted.

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