British media declare Mays Brexit plans dead
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tusk was criticised for posting a picture of him offering may a choice of delicate cakes beside a message sorry no cherries. that is a reference to what eu leaders cast as british attempts to cherry pick elements of eu membership1 prime minister theresa mays brexit plans were declared dead by the british media on friday after what they cast as a humiliation at the hands of european union leaders at an informal summit in salzburg1 for the british media the message was clear1 your brexits broken the daily mirror newspaper said on its front page1 british newspapers led their front pages with a reuters picture showing may attired in a red jacket standing apparently aloof and alone from a mass of suited male eu leaders1 may humiliated the guardian newspaper said1 humiliation for may said the times on its front page1 mays salzburg hopes dashed as eu leaders reject chequers deal said the financial times. the bbc said embarrassing rebuff for pm in salzburg1 the sun went much further eu dirty rats euro mobsters ambush may it said alongside a mocked up picture of french president emmanuel macron and european council president donald tusk cast as american gangsters with guns1 macron bluntly said mays brexit proposals known as chequers after the country house where they were agreed by the british cabinet in july were unacceptable1 after a dinner of wiener schnitzel in salzburg eu leaders said they will push for a brexit deal next month but warned may that if she will not give ground on trade and the irish border by november they are ready to cope with britain crashing out1 britain is due to leave the european union on march 29 yet little is clear there is so far no divorce deal rivals to may are circling and some rebels have vowed to vote against a possible brexit deal1 both london and brussels say they want a divorce deal though there is limited time if the british and eu parliaments are to ratify a deal by march 29. any deal must be approved by british lawmakers1 the spectator used the headline chequers goes pop theresa mays salzburg catastrophe1 may will emerge as unique in the annals of history if she survives as pm much longer in the face of setbacks on this scale british journalist robert peston wrote1 mays former brexit minister david davis has said up to 40 lawmakers from the conservative party will vote against her brexit plans1 davis told huffington post there was a rock-solid core of party lawmakers who belonged to the european research group erg a grouping which wants a sharper break with the eu and were willing to vote down her plans1 if a possible deal were rejected by the british parliament britain would face leaving the eu without an agreement delaying brexit or calling another referendum1 if all conventional roads lead to a hard no-deal brexit the notion of parliament exerting control and forcing another referendum on us would begin to look not wholly fanciful peston wrote in the spectator1 if it left without a deal the country would move from seamless trade with the eu to customs arrangements set by the world trade organization for external states1 many business chiefs and investors say a so called no-deal brexit would weaken the west panic financial markets and block the arteries of trade. brexit supporters say such fears are exaggerated and britain would thrive in the long term1