A bruising week in a difficult year for Theresa May

Theresa May leaves No 10 to attend prime minister’s questions on Wednesday.When Theresa May landed at Heathrow at 7am last Sunday, one of the most critical weeks since she became prime minister almost exactly two years ago had just begun.The arcane nature of the wrangling over the precise way parliament can have a meaningful vote on a Brexit deal without actually binding the government’s hands can be misleading.