Can Theresa May count?

It’s day four of the Brexiteer rebellion and Theresa May appears to have shored up her position… for now. The eurosceptics who take the greatest issue with her Chequers blue print – thought to be around 70 Tory MPs – don’t think they have the numbers as of yet to win a no confidence and, they say, this isn’t even their preferred option. What they want is for the Prime Minister to change course – but No 10 insist that they won’t budge. Unless she does, Guerrilla tactics have been threatened – so get ready for more resignations.

However, as I say in today’s i paper, the biggest problem from May’s current predicament is that even if things go to plan, the end goal looks verging on impossible. For May’s Brexit to be a success she needs to remain in No 10, negotiate it with Brussels and then get Parliament to vote for it when she returns with her final deal.