In Critical Brexit Vote, Theresa May Survives – The New York Times

Ms. Cooper, one of the authors of the amendment that narrowly failed, said she had believed that Mrs. May would not allow Britain to leave without a deal because of the damage it could cause.

“I’ve always believed the prime minister would not let this happen,” she said. “She is not the sort of person who would want to make other people suffer because of her delays and mistakes. When I look into her eyes now, I am worried that has changed, because she is trapped.”

Other lawmakers spoke about the dangers of a no-deal Brexit, including Oliver Letwin, a senior Tory figure, who warned that were “terrible things” to happen, the Conservatives “will not be forgiven for many years.”

With the deadline pressing, Mrs. May’s next move will likely be to return to Brussels before going back to Parliament to try to convince lawmakers again.

But on Tuesday, Dominic Grieve, a pro-European Conservative lawmaker, said that Parliament was “mired in complete paralysis,” while one of his like-minded colleagues, Kenneth Clarke, said that Britain faced a constitutional crisis, with voters looking on at the political system “with something rather near to contempt.”