The PM announcing her departure if her Brexit deal passes might mean Labour votes do not materialise to the degree required.
While MPs in the House of Commons chamber debated their alternative Brexit proposals, the prime minister was presenting an entirely different one to her Conservative colleagues.
Others said it was a sombre moment of honesty, with at least 10 previous rebels said to have been moved to switch position and back the Brexit withdrawal agreement.The prime minister reveals her plan to stand down at a meeting of the Tories' 1922 committee Their concerns are with the deal itself - be it the backstop, the financial settlement attached to it, or the"blind" nature of the future economic relationship it would commit the country to.
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