The Theresa May Survival Guide

No one else wants to take the political risks of Brexit.

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Say what you will about Theresa May—and you might as well because everyone else has—the British Prime Minister can take a punch. On Wednesday she survived a no-confidence vote in Parliament, 325-306, only 24 hours after the same body crushed her Brexit deal with the European Union.

It’s easy to lose sight of how bizarre this is. By rights she should have resigned. Obviously she no longer enjoys the confidence of her own party, let alone all of Parliament.

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