They have similar problems: Both party leaders are perilously out of sync with many of their party’s legislators
LONDON — She is the strait-laced daughter of an Anglican priest who has championed conservative values all her life; he has for decades campaigned on issues dear to left-wingers around the world.
Her pivot to Labour has led many to believe that she is ready to back a much softer version of Brexit — one that would keep Britain closely aligned economically with the EU. Their talks are ongoing, but given their history, few think they will be able to find common ground. May is viewed with suspicion by many of her Conservative lawmakers in part because she campaigned to remain in the EU during the country’s 2016 Brexit referendum and is now reaching out to Corbyn for help getting her Brexit plan passed. Many Conservative lawmakers argued this week that she should just take Britain out of the EU, even without a divorce deal.
Corbyn’s path to his party’s top job was not as traditional. Elected to Parliament in 1983, he didn’t take a job in government during the 13 years when Tony Blair and Gordon Brown were Labour prime ministers. He was a serial opponent of many of their policies, notably the 2003 Iraq War.
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