A Brexit compromise is in view. A customs union is the only solution | Simon Jenkins

The extremists are out of touch. With Labour support, Theresa May can deliver a smooth UK exit from the EU

The gates are sliding shut. The options are closing. The extremists are refusing to budge, and the centre cannot agree. The only god is time and she is ticking ever louder.

Within the next two days, Theresa May must manoeuvre herself a Commons majority behind a deal that will win another Brexit extension from the EU on Wednesday. That majority deal is now in full view – it would mean the U...