Theresa May told MPs this week to use the Easter recess “to reflect on the decisions that have to be made swiftly on our return . . . so that we can leave the European Union with a deal as soon as possible”. That looks like wishful thinking. One result of the EU’s messy compromise offer of a six-month extension to Article 50, rather than the three months she wanted or the year that Germany proposed, is to make a swift resolution harder to achieve. The new delay may be too long to put pressure on parliament and looks too short to bring about the one thing needed to change the dynamic: Mrs May’s departure. The danger is that the Tories are now stuck with