Bashing Corbyn won’t save Theresa May from a Brexit revolt

The prime minister is unlikely to face a confidence vote, but the prospect of a rebellion in her own party hasn’t gone away.

By Patrick Maguire

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If in doubt, blame Corbyn. So much of the strategy employed by so many of the players in British politics can be distilled to that mantra. Theresa May is one of them.

Addressing a very sweaty meeting of the 1922 Committee this evening, the prime minister warned Conservative MPs that if they rebelled against her on Brexit, their reward would be a Labour government.