The government’s defeat on contempt was humiliating – but avoidable | Simon Jenkins

The Commons’ Brexit vote result shows a major weakness in the Conservative party’s loyalty department

Now it’s the lawyers’ turn. Like picadors, they are entering the ring to soften up Theresa May’s deal, before parliament’s serious matadors get to work. They are poking and stabbing and drawing blood. The Commons has ordered the attorney general’s advice to be published in full, against the prime minister’s wishes, and this will be done immediately. At the same time, the European court of just...