Reader's Blog: May has taken Brexit back from the hardliners

British prime minister Theresa May has reached out to Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the opposition Labour Party, to find a way out of the Brexit mess.

This follows a series of indicative votes in the House of Commons and the ridiculous spectacle of MPs voting against their own positions, out of fear of losing political capital. A customs union seems to be a position around which MPs might coalesce. Though the Brexit sought up to now was a Tory Brexit, the issue was a national one, with politicians divided within each of the parties and supporting both Leave and Remain campaigns. The union’s nations (England, Wales, Scotland, and Northern Ireland) are also