Sky News: Reports on the latest setback for the May Government, " It is the tenth reverse for the Government on the EU Withdrawal Bill in the upper house, although ministers have signalled their intent to overturn changes to the legislation when it returns to the House of Commons. "
Lets Get Real:
The Government should see the defeats in the House of Lords as life line for the Government, they can argue that they do not have the numbers in the Commons to overturn the Lords reforms. Thus the UK will still leave the EU, but have the benefits of the Custom Union and the Single Market. At the end of the day it comes down to how many hard remainers there are on the Conservative backbenches, if its over 15 the government can be forced to rethink its strategy and agenda. The only threat that the Chief Whip has is the power to threaten a general election if the House of Commons does not support the Government agenda.
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