Theresa May’s attempt to rescue her Brexit deal ran into serious trouble in Brussels last night, after despairing EU leaders accused her of having no viable proposals to sell her plan to a hostile British parliament.
The British prime minister, already wounded after more than a third of her MPs voted to oust her in a confidence vote, arrived at a European Council meeting to a warm reception from EU leaders who want to salvage the Brexit deal.
But during an hour-long presentation, Mrs May succeeded in alienating many fellow leaders after making a series of ambitious proposals to appease her domestic critics, including a one-year time limit on the Irish backstop.