Theresa May’s opposition plea looks weak – but it could expose Labour’s Brexit position

What a difference three months can make. In April, Theresa May stood on the steps of Downing Street and announced that she was calling a snap election to increase her majority and stop opposition parties from ‘political game-playing’ during the Brexit process. Having lost that majority in the subsequent election, the Prime Minister will this week mark her one-year anniversary in No 10 with a plea to said parties asking them to ‘contribute, not just criticise’. May will ask the other parties to ‘come forward’ with their views and ideas on everything from domestic policies to Brexit ‘at this critical time in our history’:

‘So I say to the other parties in the House of Commons… come forward with your own views and ideas about how we can tackle these challenges as a country.

We may not agree on everything, but through debate and discussion – the hallmarks of our Parliamentary democracy – ideas can be clarified and improved and a better way forward found.