Three things that Theresa May can do to try and avert a political disaster

If Theresa May gets a Brexit deal and it can’t get through parliament, then we are heading towards the most dangerous political crisis in living memory, I say in The Sun this morning. For I very much doubt that the 80 percent of MPs who are opposed to no deal, would let Britain leave without an agreement. But disregarding the result of the referendum—either by abandoning Brexit or leaving only to make Britain, effectively, a non-voting member of the EU—would cause a democratic shock. 17.4 million voters would be, understandably, furious about having their vote ignored.

So, what can Mrs May do to avert this disaster? Well, I think there are three things she should do.

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First, she should start treating voters and her own MPs like adults. May likes to say that she has stuck to her Brexit red lines, and in a legalistic way she is correct.