There is an article
on Financial Times written by George Parker and Laura Hughes pointing out that
the Prime Minister "May plays a game of chicken with her Brexit
critics" (https://www.ft.com/content/c14c8f1c-fd63-11e8-ac00-57a2a826423e).
May is facing opposition from both wings of her own party. It seems that no one
likes May's proposed Brexit Act; however, no one likes chaos either and the
current UK politics is chaos. Either May or her opponents has to stop battling
for their own ideology at one point before the deadline set by the European
Union, which is a classical case of chicken game.
May delayed the vote
on her deal on Monday and the leader of Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, accused
May of "demeaning her office" by her delaying the vote. May is
definitely trying to buy her more time to win more support within and outside
her Tory party; it is not entirely impossible for her to win more support
within the Parliament, that some MPs may be scared of a "no-deal
Brexit" and choose to support May and her Brexit Act. Of course, some MPs
are likely to stand firmly on their own bases and try to force May to
compromise (which is highly unlikely because even if May wants to compromise,
the European Union will not accept to give more to Britain on the matter of
Brexit as the EU needs to show other member countries that there is a cost to
exit the Union).
Overall, I do not
expect May's proposed Brexit act will change a lot in terms of its content
because any content that can further favour Britain will be beyond the European
Union's acceptance. The best strategy for the UK at the moment seems to use
May's proposed act which is probably the best deal Britain can get from the
European Union; however, if no one compromises, a no-deal Brexit will
inevitably occur.
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