How utterly, utterly miserable it could be for a minority Conservative government. They can forget their lacklustre, un-costed manifesto now. They are not going to get any of that through. But how even more miserable would be it for the government’s negotiators in Brussels, stripped of their authority. Theresa May is finished, that is clear. She would be treated with even more contempt than she already is by Jean-Claude Juncker and his henchmen.
But would it be any better for some unstable coalition or pact cobbled together by Jeremy Corbyn? No, it would be just as miserable. He wouldn’t get his programme through the Commons, either. And neither would he have much authority in Brussels.
The more you think about it, the more it comes down to one solution, unthinkable though it would have been a few weeks ago: a coalition between the two parties which do at least agree on the most important matter facing the country.
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