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For someone so keen to act on 'the will of the people' she has a strong authoritarian streak and, somewhat alarmingly, a distinct lack of respect for democratic institutions.
It'll be interesting to see how the House of Lords react to all this, the commitment to remain in the single market was in the Conservative manifesto in the 2015 general election, so they have every right to be obstructive.
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She sure does.
The question will be whether they'll be able to obstruct. I see two opportunities with their own issues.
1) Post-supreme court decision. They should have an opportunity here. If May puts through the two line bill, they can try to do something. I'm not sure what the outcome of this could/would be. There has already been the threat (Rees-Mogg) to fill the House of Lords to get it through.
2) Vote on deal in two years. Consensus seems to be there is no back tracking from A50. A vote in parliament may be for WTO or May's deal. In this sense her claim that "No deal better than bad deal" may have its real meaning. She purposefully ignored this question after her speech.
Also, apparently May's claim that parliament would be advised on plans have now been fulfilled.