Britain's Tories May Be Headed Toward a Major Split

Theresa May has survived yet again and stumbles on. The UK prime minister emerged victorious from a confidence vote in her government on Wednesday evening, which went down the typical party lines. The entire parliamentary Conservative party rallied behind their prime minister — even though dozens of MPs had rejected her Brexit plan only 24 hours earlier. Her leadership is safe, for now. The government is safe, for now. Attention in Westminster therefore turns to what she can do to resuscitate her plan for leaving the EU.