The “hard Brexit” cadre of the Conservative Party has massively overplayed its hand. Refusing to support Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit withdrawal deal with the European Union, they have enabled a “soft Brexit” alternative.

That’s my takeaway from May’s comment on Tuesday that she will work with Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn to forge a way forward on Brexit. May also said that she will seek an extension to Britain’s new Brexit date of April 12.