May faces frantic 48 hours to save Brexit plan as talks stall
(WorldNews Politics)

Theresa May faces a frantic 48 hours to try save her Brexit negotiating strategy after she admitted talks had ground to a halt because of the EU´s insistence upon a Northern Ireland backstop. The prime minister is expected to plead with EU leaders to drop their Irish backstop proposal at a make or break summit dinner on Wednesday night, after seeking the support of members of her cabinet on Tuesday morning. With time running out before Wednesday´s meeting, May used an emergency Commons statement to say the EU´s plan `threatens the integrity of our United Kingdom` because it could lead to the creation of a customs border in the Irish Sea. She told an audience of largely sceptical MPs that the...