Can the Opposition Unite to Stop a Hard Brexit?

The British Parliament is in the middle of its summer recess, but British politicians are already plotting strategies for when the legislature reconvenes in the first week of September. Prime Minister Boris Johnson insists that he will take the United Kingdom out of the European Union on Oct. 31, even if that means exiting without a deal. His position is that London can only reach an exit agreement with Brussels if the latter agrees to scrap the controversial Irish backstop, something the Continental bloc has adamantly refused to consider. While lawmakers still have a few legal and political strategies to try to prevent a hard Brexit, a disorderly exit in late October cannot be ruled out....