PM may have to accept soft Brexit if Commons backs it, says minister

Theresa May will have to consider the possibility of accepting a softer Brexit if the measure is supported by parliament this week, the justice secretary, David Gauke, has said. With 12 days before the UK is due to leave the EU, and parliament plunged into a political stalemate, Gauke, a soft-Brexit supporter, said the prime minister would have to “look very closely” if MPs back a customs union in a fresh round of indicative votes that begin on Monday. “I think she would need to look very closely at that,” he told BBC1’s The Andrew Marr Show on Sunday.