On Brexit  Theresa Mayâs toughest adversary is not Europe but critics in Britain
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British Prime Minister Theresa  May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec. 6  2017  for Prime Ministers Questions in the Houses of Parliament. (Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)
It is obvious that  Prime Minister Theresa May  is no longer negotiating with just the Europeans over Britainâs messy exit from the union. Talks are far tougher at home â where she faces blistering arguments on all sides  including revolt among her own ministers.
More worrying for  May   members of her own Conservative Party challenged her  too  wondering aloud whether she had the resolve to negotiate a tough  decisive exit from the European Union or was getting wobbly under the mounting pressure of deadlines coming next week.
Rees-Mogg was referring to the spectacular meltdown on Monday in Brussels  when  May  was just hours away from presenting a preliminary  Phase 1 kind of deal on exiting the European Union  only to have it snatched away by her coalition partner in government  the tiny Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.
The unionists  who appear to have been kept mostly in the dark  rebelled at the last minute against vague but still meaningful language from  May  that was designed to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland  which is part of the United Kingdom  and the Republic of Ireland  which is in the E.U.
As  May  was fending off mockery in Parliament  the British political press reported that hard-line Brexiteers in her cabinet  led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson  were expressing âgenuine fear â according to the Telegraph newspaper  that May was leading Britain toward a dreaded âsoft Brexit.â
 British Prime Minister Theresa May  and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Dec. 4 that no deal had been reached in the first phase of Brexit talks. The two said they would reconvene for further talks before the European Council summit on Dec. 15. (The Washington Post)
In Parliament  opposition leader Corbyn began his grilling of the prime minister on Wednesday by quoting  her  trade secretary  Liam Fox  who last summer said Brexit negotiations would be âthe easiest in human history.â
 May  replied  âNegotiations are in progress  and very good progress has been made.â  She  said that only âa couple of thingsâ need to be agreed upon with the Europeans before talks on trade and future relations can begin.
It was not only May in a harsh light  but also  her  Brexit secretary  David Davis  who on Wednesday was accused of misleading Parliament after  he  conceded that  his  government had not done a deep analysis  economic sector by economic sector  on the possible effects of Brexit â even after  his  repeated suggestions that such studies were ongoing.
British Prime Minister Theresa May offers Brexit details in landmark speech
British Prime Minister Theresa  May leaves 10 Downing Street in central London on Dec. 6  2017  for Prime Ministers Questions in the Houses of Parliament. (Andy Rain/European Pressphoto Agency-Efe/Rex/Shutterstock)
It is obvious that  Prime Minister Theresa May  is no longer negotiating with just the Europeans over Britainâs messy exit from the union. Talks are far tougher at home â where she faces blistering arguments on all sides  including revolt among her own ministers.
More worrying for  May   members of her own Conservative Party challenged her  too  wondering aloud whether she had the resolve to negotiate a tough  decisive exit from the European Union or was getting wobbly under the mounting pressure of deadlines coming next week.
Rees-Mogg was referring to the spectacular meltdown on Monday in Brussels  when  May  was just hours away from presenting a preliminary  Phase 1 kind of deal on exiting the European Union  only to have it snatched away by her coalition partner in government  the tiny Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland.
The unionists  who appear to have been kept mostly in the dark  rebelled at the last minute against vague but still meaningful language from  May  that was designed to maintain an open border between Northern Ireland  which is part of the United Kingdom  and the Republic of Ireland  which is in the E.U.
As  May  was fending off mockery in Parliament  the British political press reported that hard-line Brexiteers in her cabinet  led by Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson  were expressing âgenuine fear â according to the Telegraph newspaper  that May was leading Britain toward a dreaded âsoft Brexit.â
 British Prime Minister Theresa May  and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Dec. 4 that no deal had been reached in the first phase of Brexit talks. The two said they would reconvene for further talks before the European Council summit on Dec. 15. (The Washington Post)
In Parliament  opposition leader Corbyn began his grilling of the prime minister on Wednesday by quoting  her  trade secretary  Liam Fox  who last summer said Brexit negotiations would be âthe easiest in human history.â
 May  replied  âNegotiations are in progress  and very good progress has been made.â  She  said that only âa couple of thingsâ need to be agreed upon with the Europeans before talks on trade and future relations can begin.
It was not only May in a harsh light  but also  her  Brexit secretary  David Davis  who on Wednesday was accused of misleading Parliament after   [TGT]   conceded that   [TGT]   government had not done a deep analysis  economic sector by economic sector  on the possible effects of Brexit â even after   [TGT]   repeated suggestions that such studies were ongoing.
British Prime Minister Theresa May offers Brexit details in landmark speech