Theresa May will lose the vote tonight on her Brexit plan, widely seen as the most important vote in Parliament since the early years of the Second World War, and yet nothing of importance may change – or at least not immediately, at least.
How can that possibly be – especially since she could well lose by a record-busting and humiliating margin of more than 100 votes? It is because she is very unlikely to acknowledge that her deal is dead, and will instead announce shortly after the defeat that she will have another go at negotiating with EU leaders to amend it so as to make it acceptable to MPs.
To be clear this is surmise, though based on conversations with officials and ministers. The point is that on this most momentous of decisions for the UK, the Prime Minister has not even yet shared her plans for a Plan B with ANY colleagues.
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