Tories

Bitterly divided, their vote could be squeezed between pro and anti-Brexit parties. This may represent an opportunity for pro-Europeans.

Last night’s truce is a false dawn for Theresa May. Her party remains bitterly divided and still doesn’t like her deal.

30 months of contemptuous treatment of opposition parties means they’ll take one look at 117 Tory rebels and know PM’s days are numbered.

Whether May stays or goes, big picture hasn’t changed. Brexit project has failed. Opposition must push for vote sooner rather than later.

Tory bigwig is backing a People’s Vote if there’s no deal. That’s what MPs may soon be staring at. If Rudd moves, other moderates may follow.

Next week’s Tory Conference will see passionate debate over Brexit on the fringe, but don’t expect May’s approach to change just yet.

Hardliners such as Johnson and Rees-Mogg are right to knife May’s Chequers plan. But they won’t come up with an honest plan of their own.

A People’s Vote would be tough for hardline Leavers to accept but it’s the only answer to the Tory dilemma that can keep the party together.

Gove is toying with UK staying in EEA post Brexit. As with all his schemes, it’s more to do with advancing his interests than the UK’s.

Brexit desperation calls for desperate measures in the whips office. Preventing a new mother from voting is the sorry reality of that.

Some Brexiters such as Gove think we can rip up any deal May does and start again. They’re wrong. Boris Johnson is right: we’ll be a colony.

The prime minister was the big winner from yesterday’s dramatic departures but her party is riven with splits and may yet break up