Until she triggers Art 50 she has two hands the one where we go and the one where we stay with significant new concessions . We are betting on black and red at the moment . If the real goal is to stay but win concessions , then the current strategy must be to talk up the hand where we go to make the bluff credible . This strategy is definitely helped by Trump ' s election . Of course , we might also decide to really go . But I think that will only happen if whatever simulations and calculations they are currently doing indicated a clear benefit . That will probably not become clear until Trump is in office and we have seen the outcome of various European votes in the coming months . For now it is a waiting game . What she really needs is a believable reason to postpone Art 50 from March to September next year to keep the bluff going .