What actually is the difference between Theresa May’s original plan and her plan B?

@Burnley123 maybe...but 230 is a huge amount to persuade

@AndrewtheAlu Yes it is. If the gridlock lasts until March then some of them might buckle.

I do think that this is what May is doing though. She can't renegotiate, won't resign, call an election or a ref so its the only option left.

@Burnley123 I guess so. It feels quite disrespectful now though. Parliament should not be a game

@AndrewtheAlu Absolutely. Its playing Russian Roulette with the country. The Media is to soft on May given the huge risks she is taking.

@Burnley123 I think you are spot on. However, even if she manages to persuade Tory Brexiteers and the DUP to support her deal, it must be quite likely that Tory remainers will scupper it. If that were to happen, then I would expect an agreed extension of the Article 50 deadline to allow time for an election.

@MartinII well, there are those 3 random labour MPs who supported the deal too, if they expand as the time goes down it could well work
But as the time goes down and the government continues to do nothing, could more Tory deal-supporters return to being remainers?

@MartinII I think Tory Brexiteers and the DUP will be the most difficult yo convince. The ERG have said they would prefer a no deal Brexit to her deal and the DUP don't like any deal which is different for Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK.

To get the deal through, she needs to persuade Tory Remainders and back bench labour MPs.

@Burnley123 I think she’d have to move a long way to achieve that, and to get a majority she would surely have to carry not just Labour backbenchers but the official Labour Party (given that all pro-Brexit Tories would be against). I think my scenario is more, though not very, likely.

@MartinII I agree it's a tough ask but it's more likely than the alternative imo