Will Theresa May’s rejected Brexit deal come back from the dead under the new prime minister?

Politics Explained: Events in both big parties threaten to breathe new life into the divorce agreement – despite MPs throwing it out on three occasions

It appeared to be dead, deceased, demised, to have ceased to be – but is there still a way for Theresa May’s spurned Brexit deal to creep out of its coffin?

That is the extraordinary question being asked by many at Westminster, even as the prime minister who signed the thrice-rejected agreement packs her bags to move out of Downing Street.

Two events threaten to breathe new life into the divorce deal, one in each of the two main parties, and both fuelled by the inability of politicians to agree another route out of the crisis.