May’s Brexit deal begins to fade as pressure mounts

After months of refusing to cede barely any ground on her plans for leaving the European Union, UK Prime Minister Theresa May is likely to find control of Brexit is taken from her hands.

Amid talk of a Cabinet coup against her and hundreds of thousands of people marching to demand a second referendum — as well as a petition to cancel Brexit altogether reaching five million signatures — the Prime Minister would be forgiven for wanting to relinquish some control.