What the papers say: Theresa May’s bitter humiliation

The government’s defeat in the House of Commons last night amounts to a ‘bitter humiliation’ for ministers, says the Sun. It is also ‘a moment of shame for the Tory “rebels”’. In defeating the government, the Tory MPs who sided with the opposition ‘utterly compromised’ Theresa May as she heads to Brussels today. As well as making life difficult for the Prime Minister, they have also ‘handed a victory’ to those who want to reverse Brexit, says the Sun. Now the onus is on the PM to ‘find a solution’ to the challenge of negotiating a deal ‘without fearing Remainers in Parliament will kill it’. But May’s hands are tied given that yesterday’s vote now effectively means that Brussels is negotiating, not with the government, but ‘the warring factions of our Parliament’. Such a situation is an ‘impossible farce’, and while some Remainers ‘dressed this up as a battle for democracy’ it is nothing of the sort, says the Sun.