Must say this was unexpected, his ego helped drive the mess – he must have got a lot of s**t from his party to stem his ego like this.
Either that, or he is going to let someone else take the fall with submitting Article 50 or, in the case of backing away from Brexit, let someone else be the sacrificial lamb. Either way, he lives to fight another day.
Now that I think about it, it probably is strategic withdrawal.