It is hard to overstate the magnitude of what happened in Cabinet today – because the prime minister and her senior ministers concluded over a record-breaking seven-and-a-half hours that Brexit was too hard for them to deliver on their own and they would now seek to enlist Jeremy Corbyn and Labour in finding a solution.
‘There was a very significant shift to a softer Brexit,’ said a senior minister.
‘There is no turning back’.
And there you have captured the magnitude of the risk the PM is taking.
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First, she is hoping Corbyn will negotiate in good faith – which may well be the triumph of hope over experience since he can legitimately query why she didn’t offer proper cross-party negotiations months ago. That said, Labour’s leader said tonight he was “pleased” the PM was now “prepared to reach out”.
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