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    Brexit is delayed, so what needs to happen now? Our panel responds | Simon Jenkins and others

    The EU has given Britain until 31 October to find a way out of the current crisis, after Theresa May met leaders in Brussels
    by Simon Jenkins, Sonia Sodha, Stella Creasy, Henry Newman and Gina Miller Apr 10, 2019 5 minutes
    ‘Now we can finally get on with whatever it is we were doing.’ Photograph: Tolga Akmen/AFP/Getty Images

    Simon Jenkins: The only thing that matters now is votes in the House of Commons

    Simon Jenkins

    Suddenly the wind dies. The ship is becalmed. Will the crew return to squabbling? The second postponement of Brexit seems likely to bring out the worst in parliament. Theresa May will be under resumed pressure to resign, which will solve nothing. Remainers and no-dealers will return to their tribes. It is hard to disagree with France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, that a six-month delay beyond June will merely encourage them.

    The one thing that matters now is votes in the House of Commons. The prime minister has lost her party. If she wants to be true custodian of Brexit, the only requisite votes are sitting opposite her in her talks with Labour’s Jeremy Corbyn. They depend on the UK negotiating to remain in some form of European customs union and/or single market. It might

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