Brexit deal breakthrough underwhelms UK

FOLLOWING Thursday's dramatic Cabinet resignations, the UK's draft EU exit deal looks to be in significant jeopardy. Moreover, Theresa May's entire premiership is hanging again in the balance too as she enters what she said on Sunday could be a critical week for the nation.

While it is still too early to count her out, she is now facing a hugely uncertain period leading up to the UK's scheduled withdrawal from the EU in late March. Not only could she soon face a leadership challenge from within the ruling Conservative Party, she must try to navigate the deal through ratification in the House of Commons without a majority in the chamber.

This looks to be exceptionally politically difficult, not least because public opinion appears to be opposed to the deal. A YouGov study released on Thursday, for instance, found that 42 per cent of UK citizens oppose the draft de…