After this week, I refuse to believe that Brexit is unstoppable | Martin Kettle

The government’s Commons defeat opens up new and far-reaching possibilities – of a second referendum and of the leaving process coming off the rails

Appearances matter a lot in politics. But in the end, the numbers matter more. On Brexit as on everything else, Theresa May has always behaved as if she is a prime minister with a clear parliamentary majority, a united party and a reconciled country behind her. But the reality is that she is none of these things, and Wednesday’s four-vote Commons defeat has found her out.

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