Are the cross-party Brexit talks close to collapse and what happens next?
Politics Explained: For the first time, senior Conservative and Labour figures are suggesting simultaneously that the negotiations are going nowhere
Once again, the two sides are in the same Whitehall meeting room, for the same discussion about the same apparently doomed attempt to rescue Brexit – but, under the surface, the currents are finally shifting.
Six weeks after Theresa May begged Jeremy Corbyn for help, exasperation at the failure to make progress – and the sheer futility of the effort involved – is bubbling to the surface.
So, are the talks close to collapsing and if so, why? If there is another route to parliament passing a deal, what might that tell us about the prime minister’s future?
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