Theresa May arrived in Strasbourg tonight for last-ditch Brexit talks with Jean-Claude Juncker.
The Prime Minister must get agreement with the EU on changes to the Irish border backstop before the Commons goes home tonight - usually 10.30pm.
She flew to Strasbourg for the talks after making the snap decision at around 5pm there was a chance of a breakthrough with face to face talks.
The desperate scramble comes just hours before tomorrow's crucial meaningful vote on her plan for leaving the EU.
There are still fears in Government the pair may still fail to reach a deal after a series of breakdowns in talks over the past week.
There are rumours tonight a possible deal is focused on turning assurances made in January that the Irish border backstop will not be permanent into legal text, combined with the British government making a unilateral statement of how it views the deal, according to The Times.
Amid speculation about concessions from the EU, the Irish Government called a surprise emergency Cabinet meeting in Dublin tonight.
MPs are due to vote on the Brexit deal for a second time tomorrow and, if the plan remains unchanged, they are expected to inflict another heavy defeat on May - sparking votes to block no deal and delay Brexit on Wednesday and Thursday.
Theresa May arrived in Strasbourg tonight for last-ditch Brexit talks with Jean-Claude Juncker
The Prime Minister must get agreement with the EU on changes to the Irish border backstop before the Commons goes home tonight - usually 10.30pm. She was greeted by EU negotiator Michel Barnier
Mrs May is in a race against time. If she gets any changes to her deal that could win support from MPs, they must be laid in Parliament before the Commons goes home tonight.
That normally happens at 10.30pm but Mrs May's deputy David Lidington is now expected to make a statement to the Commons at around 10pm. The statement it could delay the end of the day in Parliament and buy Mrs May more time.
Shortly before Mrs May's trip was confirmed leading Brexiteers including Steve Baker and Iain Duncan Smith were in Downing Street for talks on what was on offer.
Tory Brexiteers and the DUP have asked eight lawyers - including DUP Westminster leader Nigel Dodds - to consider promised new legal advice from Attorney General Geoffrey Cox before deciding whether to kill the deal.
They will rule around 5pm tomorrow on what to do when the Meaningful Vote is called tomorrow night at 7pm.
With the fate of Brexit hanging in the balance, Mrs May spent her afternoon at Westminster Abbey marking Commonwealth Day alongside the Queen, and read a passage from the Bible that could be viewed as significant to Brexit.
Reading from Corinthians 12: 14-26, she told the congregation: 'The body does not consist of one member but of many... If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honoured, all rejoice together with it.’
Mrs May's 11th hour dash came as EU sources said ambassadors of the 27 member states were told a deal over the Irish backstop had been done with Britain on Saturday - but was rejected by ministers 24 hours later.
An insider at the Brussels briefing said today: 'On Saturday evening, it seemed negotiating teams are close to an agreement.
'But eventually, PM May had failed to convince her cabinet, which she conveyed to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker during their phone call on Sunday evening.'
UK government sources said they did not recognise the account - insisting the negotiating process did not involve ministerial vetoes.
Earlier today the PM was forced to confirm she would hold the 'meaningful vote' on her Brexit deal tomorrow, despite facing another humbling Commons defeat of her deal as it currently stands and burgeoning calls to quit.
Speculation had been rife that the Prime Minister would cancel it to avoid the humiliation of losing by 100-plus votes until Downing Street quashed the rumour this morning.
Mrs May flew to north east France on a BAe 146 jet from the Royal Air Force's 32 Squadron, also known as The Royal Squadron because it usually flies the Queen and other senior Royals
Theresa May boarded her jet at RAF Northolt alongside close aides tonight for the make or break trip to Strasbourg (pictured)
The Prime Minister will fly from RAF Northolt (pictured) and meet Jean-Claude Juncker on arrival at 8pm. The pair may still fail to reach a deal after a series of breakdowns in talks over the past week
Mrs May spent her afternoon at Westminster Abbey (pictured) marking Commonwealth Day alongside the Queen, and read a passage from the Bible that could be viewed as significant to Brexit
Jean-Claude Juncker spoke to the PM yesterday and she called off a Brussels dash
EU Chief Negotiator Michel Barnier said today that while Brexit is 'ongoing' talks are now between the PM's Government and MPs, not the EU
The PM's spokesman has insisted that Brexit talks are 'continuing' after she spoke to Mr Juncker twice in 24 hours and she will travel to Strasbourg later, Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said in Dublin this afternoon.
But in a bad omen for Britain earlier the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier insisted negotiations were over for now, adding: 'The talks are now between the UK government and MPs'.
Any new documents making up the Brexit deal must be finalised and physically laid down in Parliament before the Commons finishes tonight - usually 10.30pm on a Monday.
Ahead of the biggest vote of the Prime Minister's political career tomorrow, it emerged today:
- Theresa May is flying Strasbourg tonight to try to finalise an agreement with Jean-Claude Juncker - but negotiations could still fail
- Her spokesman insists the meaningful vote on her deal will go ahead tomorrow - despite predictions she could lose by 100 or even 200 votes;
- Experts have said she could try to water-down the Commons motion or try to avoid making it binding by adding amendments. The last moment she could table her motion is midnight tonight;
- Jean-Claude Juncker has spoken to the PM twice in two days - but Michel Barnier says negotiations are now between UK Government and MPs - not the EU;
- Junior Brexit Minister Robin Walker tells Commons Attorney General Geoffrey Cox 'will be published before this House of Commons sits tomorrow';
Irish foreign minister Simon Coveney said he understood that Theresa May would travel to Strasbourg on Monday evening in a bid to finalise a deal before Tuesday's vote.
Downing Street declined to confirm that Mrs May would visit the French city, saying only: 'We have not confirmed anything at this stage.' A source said: 'Coveney is getting ahead of himself - there are no confirmed travel plans'.
Mr Coveney said: 'The negotiations are ongoing. Many had hoped we would have clarity at this stage, particularly in advance of the vote tomorrow. We don't yet.
'The British Prime Minister is travelling to Strasbourg this evening, I understand, to try to finalise an agreement, if that is possible, to be able to put that to a meaningful vote in Westminster tomorrow.'
The Prime Minister's spokesman revealed tomorrow's vote will go ahead after MPs including Tory Remainer Nick Boles warned she could face a Commons vote of no confidence and potentially be ousted if she pulled it.
Mrs May was urged by loyal Conservative MPs to stop the vote on her deal in the Commons tomorrow night because it is 'inevitable' it will be defeated.
But the Prime Minister's official spokesman said this morning: 'The meaningful vote will take place tomorrow. The motion will be tabled today ahead of that debate taking place.'
He added: 'I seriously caution against speculating what this motion will look like'.
If her deal is defeated as expected tomorrow, MPs are due to be given a vote on blocking no deal on Wednesday and delaying Brexit by extending Article 50 by a few months on Thursday – both paving the way for a softer Brexit.
Amid the chaos in Westminster a minister will have to answer questions on the state of negotiations later after Speaker John Bercow granted an urgent question (UQ) to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.
In a signal Mrs May is still working to win over Tory MPs as well as holding talks with Brussels, Sir Graham Brady - the shop steward of Conservative MPs - was in Downing Street today (pictured)
Brexiteer ministers Liam Fox and Michael Gove were both in Downing Street for meetings this morning as the Government faced its 'doomsday' week
Mrs May is unlikely to take the emergency session herself because she is off to Strasbourg – but could send Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay.
Mr Barclay is already billed to make a statement to the Commons at around 7pm about Brexit.
Mr Corbyn said: 'The Prime Minister cannot keep dodging scrutiny after failing to get changes to her overwhelmingly rejected deal.
'Theresa May must come to Parliament this afternoon and face up to the mess her government has made of the Brexit negotiations.'
Mrs May and her team have again failed to make any breakthrough in negotiations with the EU and called off an 11th-hour trip to Brussels yesterday - but will go tonight instead.
The Prime Minister had her plane on standby but after a phone call with President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker last night she cancelled plans to fly out to Europe as the deadlock continues.
Another call today appears to have changed that.
The next EU council meeting of the 27 states begins on March 21 - just eight days before Brexit is due to happen - and optimistic members of the Downing Street team are said to be hopeful that European leaders could still back down at the last minute.
But insiders say that the EU is running out of patience and 'hardening' towards Mrs May.
At Westminster Mrs May was being advised to replace it with a motion on the kind of Brexit deal wanted by Tories to put pressure back on the EU to help deliver her divorce by March 29.
A source told The Times: 'As it stands her deal is going to be defeated. It has been made clear to Downing Street that it would be eminently sensible to avoid that by proposing a motion that the party can support. Whether they listen or not is another matter'.
If the vote goes ahead and she loses some in her party are ready to call for Mrs May to resign immediately.
Sources have claimed cabinet support is also failing, with under-fire ministers Chris Grayling and Karen Bradley said to be the only two people vocally backing the PM, who has kept them in their jobs despite usually career-ending blunders in recent weeks.
A forlorn looking Brexit Secretary Stephen Barclay arrives at 10 Downing Street this morning
Remainer Chancellor Philip Hammond looked far happier as he entered Downing Street via a rear entrance today
Leadership candidate Boris Johnson today called on MPs to reject her deal - and accused the EU of showing 'chronic disdain' towards Britain by refusing to change the Irish backstop.
But Michael Gove said that voting for the PM's deal is the only way to 'heal the bitter divides across the country' - saying if it falls there will be a democratic crisis in the country because the PM would lose control of Brexit.
Brussels will demand another £13.5billion in Brexit divorce payments if Theresa May seeks an extension to Article 50, it is claimed.
EU states are said to be 'hardening' their stance against a longer Brexit process and could force Britain to stay in a customs union as the price of agreeing a delay.
MPs could vote on a postponement this week if, as expected, Theresa May's deal is defeated again in the House of Commons tomorrow.
The PM has suggested a three-month delay but EU diplomats will demand more money if the extension is longer than a few weeks, the Daily Telegraph reported.
An EU source told the newspaper: 'Lines are hardening against extension... Anything more than a few weeks will come with legal and financial conditions attached.'
Brussels could ask Britain to pay an extra £13.5billion a year - £1bn a month - on top of the current £39bn divorce deal, it is reported.
The EU could also push for Britain to stay in a customs union, a move opposed by many Brexiteers who want the UK to strike new trade deals instead.
All 27 of the EU's remaining member states would have to agree an extension beyond March 29 if it is requested by Mrs May.
A plane was reported to be on standby at RAF Northolt to fly Mrs May to Brussels to clinch an agreement if there was any sign of a deal emerging from talks over the weekend.
But there has been no sign of a breakthrough and Mrs May will have to take her deal before Parliament on Tuesday with the controversial backstop still in place.
In an apparent indication of the lack of progress, the EU's chief negotiator Michel Barnier chose to travel to Dublin to attend the Ireland v France rugby international rather than remain in the Belgian capital.
Tory Brexiteers have said a defeat for Mrs May was 'inevitable' unless the Prime Minister was able to secure significant changes to the arrangements for Northern Ireland.
Mrs May has said if she loses the vote on Tuesday, there will be further votes on Wednesday on whether the UK should leave with no-deal and on Thursday on whether they should seek an extension to Article 50.
Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt warned Tory colleagues that they risked losing Brexit altogether if they did not back the PM.
He said there was 'wind in the sails' of the opponents of Brexit and that it would be 'devastating' for the Conservatives if they failed to deliver on their commitment to take Britain out of the EU.
Meanwhile former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan said Mrs May could be forced out of No 10 if her Brexit strategy was 'dismantled' by MPs this week.
Mrs May was last night warned her position will become untenable if MPs reject her deal and succeed in delaying Brexit.
Former Tory Cabinet ministers Dominic Raab and Nicky Morgan raised doubts she could remain if her withdrawal agreement is voted down by the Commons tomorrow.
Michel Barnier attended the Ireland-France rugby match on Sunday, pictured, rather than remaining in Brussels in a sign of slow progress in Brexit talks
Theresa May faces another defeat of almost 100 votes on Tuesday even if she gets back around half of the Tory rebels from last time - and needs most of them and Labour rebels to save her deal
Downing Street aides are now 'resigned' to Mrs May having to set out her departure date in an attempt to get her deal through the Commons, Cabinet sources revealed.
But former Brexit secretary David Davis dismissed the suggestion that the promise of an exit plan would be enough to persuade rebel Tories to support her withdrawal agreement.
Mrs May has said if the Government loses tomorrow, there will be further votes on whether the UK should leave the EU without a deal or seek an extension to negotiations beyond the March 29 exit date.
Former education secretary Nicky Morgan yesterday said it would be the 'beginning of the end' if MPs end up voting for a delay to the Article 50 process.
She told Radio 4's The World This Weekend: 'I think that her position is going to become slowly less and less tenable as Parliament changes the Government's Brexit policy.
'If the votes go this week in a way which means that the Prime Minister's policy as she has set out and stuck to rigidly over the course of the last two-and-a-bit a years is taken away, dismantled slowly by Parliament this week, I think it would be very difficult for the Prime Minister to stay in office for very much longer.'
Mrs Morgan, who has said she will vote for the Brexit deal tomorrow, said it may be up to the Cabinet to tell Mrs May that the time has come for her to go.
'They are going to have to take a role in saying potentially to the Prime Minister, 'Actually, things have changed significantly. We think you should think about your position, Prime Minister',' she added.
Theresa May was last night warned her position will become untenable if MPs reject her deal and succeed in delaying Brexit
Former Tory Cabinet ministers Dominic Raab and Nicky Morgan raised doubts she could remain if her withdrawal agreement is voted down tomorrow
'I don't think no deal is a good idea at all': Cameron insists he backs May's plan for a 'partnership' with the EU and warns MPs not to crash Britain out
David Cameron warned MPs not to let Britain crash out of the EU today as Theresa May faces catastrophe over Brexit.
The former Prime Minister insisted he would not give a running commentary on events.
Mr Cameron said he supported Mrs May's pursuit of a 'partnership' with the EU.
But as he left home today he told reporters: 'I don't think no deal is a good idea at all.'
Mrs May is due to put her deal to a new vote of MPs tomorrow but faces near certain defeat after the EU refused to make any concessions on the backstop.
MPs are then due to vote on whether or not no deal is acceptable on Wednesday.
David Cameron (pictured today in London) warned MPs not to let Britain crash out of the EU today as Theresa May faces catastrophe over Brexit
Mr Cameron said: 'I support the Prime Minister and I think she is doing the right thing seeking a partnership deal with the EU, that's the right approach.
The reason I don't give lots of interviews and answer lots of questions about this is because her job is hard enough already without her immediate predecessor giving a running a commentary.
'So I wish her well.'
Asked about no deal as he walked off, Mr Cameron said: 'I don't think no deal is a good idea at all.'
Former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab, who quit over the Brussels deal, acknowledged the PM's position was 'precarious' but said it would be even worse if Brexit was delayed.
Mr Raab, who has been touted as a possible successor to Mrs May if she is forced to step down, refused to be drawn on his own leadership ambitions.
But asked if he thought Mrs May would still be Prime Minister by Christmas, he said: 'I don't know. She has said she is going to step down. I would like to be able to see her do that in a way which is in the terms of her own choosing. I think the Government has found itself in a precarious situation.
'If the Government extends Article 50 or tries to reverse the Brexit promises that we have made, I think that situation would get even trickier.'
Cabinet ministers have privately floated the idea of Mrs May naming a date for her departure if it persuades hardline Eurosceptics to back her deal.
Some believe the rebels may be tempted by this option in the belief they could install a Brexiteer to take over the second phase of negotiations on the future relationship with the EU.
But Mr Davis rejected the suggestion. The former Brexit secretary told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show: 'No, it won't work. [It] won't get the vote through.'
Former Brexit secretary David Davis dismissed the suggestion that the promise of an exit plan would be enough to persuade rebel Tories to support her withdrawal agreement
Health Secretary Matt Hancock also dismissed the idea. He told BBC Radio 5 Live: 'I don't think that would help... You have got to look at what the public think in many ways. The amount of respect for the PM in the country is incredible. Through this incredibly difficult negotiation and difficult time in politics her dignity and poise has been absolutely remarkable.
'Many people have been very rude about her, she just lets it pass her by. You can see that she is steadfastly focused on what is in the national interest.'
Mrs May had initially vowed to stay on as Tory leader for the 'long term' and fight the next general election in 2022.
In August 2017 the Prime Minister insisted she was 'not a quitter' and would remain in office to guide the country through Brexit and beyond.
But as she faced a confidence vote in her leadership in December, Mrs May backtracked and told MPs she would stand down before the next election.
Last month she signalled she would not be quitting immediately after Brexit on March 29.
Labour has abandoned plans to push for a second referendum tomorrow amid fears it would trigger a mass revolt by shadow ministers.
But Sir Keir Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary, told Sky there could still be a opportunity this week for MPs to vote for a second poll.
'The only negotiations May will be doing are for her Celebrity Bake Off fee': As even PM's key allies 'lose faith in her ability to lead' rivals circle to take her place – so who could replace Theresa?
Theresa May is facing increasingly heavy calls to step down in a matter of just weeks if her Brexit deal is rejected a second time by MPs tomorrow.
The Prime Minister appears to have almost completely run out of allies in her own administration as the Government crumbles over attempts to exit the European Union.
One Cabinet source told The Telegraph: 'I would say there are only two ministers in the Cabinet who still support her. Everyone else has lost faith in her ability to lead.'
Mrs May agreed last December to step down before the next General Election, in a plea deal that saw her win a confidence vote of Tory MPs.
And there are a host of top Tories ready to step into her shoes whenever she finally decides that she can take the country - and the Conservative Party - no further.
Here we look at the runners and riders, with their odds with Ladbrokes and how they voted in the 2016 referendum:
Boris Johnson: The long-running thorn in May's side who has recently had a 'prime ministerial' makeover
Boris Johnson has undergone a prime ministerial makeover as Theresa May's days appeared increasingly numbered
- Former foreign secretary and mayor of London
- Voted leave and has become an increasingly hardline Brexiteer
- As likely to make headlines over his private life
- Has recently lost a lot of weight and smartened up his appearance
- Leadership odds 4/1
The former foreign secretary who quit last July and has been tacitly campaigning for the leadership ever since returning to the backbenches with a regular stream of attacks on Mrs may and her Brexit strategy.
Never far from the limelight it is his private life that has seen him most in the news recently after splitting from his wife Marina and embarking on a relationship with a former Conservative communications staffer 20 years his junior.
But as an increasingly hawkish Brexiteer who says we should not be afraid of leaving without a deal he is hugely popular with the party faithful.
In recently weeks he has further boosted his frontrunner credentials with what might be deemed a 'prime ministerial' makeover.
He has lost weight and taming his unruly mop of blonde hair into something approaching the haircut of a serious senior statesman.
Michael Gove: The boomerang cabinet minister who has a machiavellian reputation
Michael Gove has made a remarkable political comeback after being sacked by Theresa May in 2016
- Leading Vote Leave figure in 2016 who now backs PM's Brexit deal
- Former journalist, 51, who stood for leadership in 2016
- Was sacked as education minister by Theresa May
- Later returned as Environment Minister
- Leadship odds 5/1
A Brexiteer with a machiavellian reputation after the 2016 leadership campaign in which he first supported Boris Johnson for the leadership and then stood against him, to their mutual disadvantage.
The former education secretary - sacked by Mrs May - was rehabilitated to become a right-on environment secretary - complete with reusable coffee cups and a strong line on food standards after Brexit.
Despite being a former lead figure in the Vote Leave campaign alongside Mr Johnson the former journalist and MP for Surrey Heath has swung behind Mrs May's Brexit deal.
But while he noisily supports the deal - he views the alternatives as worse he is quieter when it comes to supporting the Prime Minister and practically mute when it comes to her future.
Seen as one of the Cabinet's strongest political thinkers and having stood once it is unthinkable that he would not stand again.
Dominic Raab: Brexit refusenik who quit rather than back Mrs May's deal
Dominic Raab has become a cheerleader for a hard Brexit since stepping down as Brexit secretary in November
- Shortlived Brexit secretary last year, replacing David Davis in the hot seat
- But walked in November over terms agreed by PM
- Voted for Brexit in 2016
- Leadership odds 8/1
Mr Raab, 45, is another Vote Leave member who became Brexit secretary after David Davis quit alongside Mr Johnson last July over the Chequers plan.
But he lasted just a matter of months before he too jumped ship, saying he could not accept the terms of the deal done by the Prime Minister.
Like Mr Johnson and Mr Davis he has become an increasingly hardline Brexiteer, sharing a platform with the DUP's Arlene Foster and suggesting we should not be afraid of a no-deal Brexit.
The Esher and Walton MP's decision to quit in November, boosted his popularity with party members but he lacks the wider popular appeal of Mr Johnson.
And like Mr Johnson he might benefit from having quit the Cabinet at an earlier stage and dissociating himself with the dying days of the May administration.
On Sunday he was asked on Sky News's Sophy Ridge on Sunday programme if Mrs May would still be Prime Minister by Christmas, saying: 'I don't know. She has said she is going to step down. I would like to be able to see her do that in a way which is in terms of her own choosing.'
Sajid Javid: Remainer star who has run into trouble over knife crime and refugees
Sajid Javid has seen his stock take a hit in recent weeks over the knife crime crisis and migrants crossing the English Channel in small boats
- The most senior cabinet contender
- Voted Remain but wants to see Brexit delivered
- Faced criticism as Home Secretary
- But has taken a hard line on Shamima Begum case
- Leadership odds 8/1
The Home Secretary, a Remainer who wants to see Brexit delivered, was the leading candidate from inside the Cabinet to replace Mrs May.
After replacing Amber Rudd last year he consciously put clear ground between himself and the Prime Minister on issues like caps on skilled migrants after Brexit.
But his credentials have taken a hit in recent weeks. He finds himself facing ongoing criticism of his handling of the knife crime crisis affecting UK cities, which sparked a cabinet row over funding for police.
He also lost face over his handling of the influx of migrants crossing the English Channel in January, being seen to move slowly in realising the scale of the problem.
But more recently the 49-year-old Bromsgove MP has made a serious of hardline decision designed to go down well with Tory voters.
Most notably they have included moving to deprive London teenager turned Jihadi bride Shamima Begum, 19, of her British citizenship, after she was discovered among former Islamic State members in a Syrian refugee camp.
Jeremy Hunt: Remainer turned Brexiteer unity candidate who wants to heal the party
Jeremy Hunt, a born-again Brexiteer after supporting Remain, is said to have been promoting himself as a unity candidate for a divided party
- The Foreign Secretary voted Remain
- But has become an increasingly vocal Brexiteer
- Backs May's deal
- Has approached ministers about running as a unity candidate
- Leadership odds 10/1
The Foreign Secretary who has undergone a Damascene conversion to the Brexit cause in with a series of hardline warnings to the EU.
The 52-year-old South West Surrey MP is the most senior Cabinet minister in contention.
He has reportedly been selling himself to colleagues as a unity candidate who can bring together the fractious Tory factions into something approaching a cohesive party.
On Sunday he issued a stark warning to Tory MPs that they risk losing Brexit altogether if they fail to back Theresa May's deal in the crunch Commons vote on Tuesday.
Mr Hunt said there was now 'wind in the sails' of the opponents of Brexit and that it would be 'devastating' for the Conservatives if they failed to deliver on their commitment to take Britain out of the EU.
A long-serving health secretary, he replaced Mr Johnson as the UK's top diplomat and has won some plaudits over issues like the imprisonment of British mother Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe in Iran.
But critics point to tub-thumpingly comparing the EU to the USSR at the party conference last year - which was very badly received in Brussels - and a gaffe in which he referred to his Chinese wife as 'Japanese' as a reception in China.
Nevertheless he is seen as a safe if uninspiring pair of hands.
Andrea Leadsom: May's former leadership rival who has not let collective responsibility stop her speaking out
Ms Leadsom is a Brexiteer who frequently clashes with Speaker John Bercow
- The Commons' Leader challenged May in 2016
- Voted for Brexit
- Hosted Brexiteer 'pizza party' plot last year
- Increasingly outspoken Brexiteer
- Leadership odds 16/1
The Commons' Leader stood against Mrs May for the party leadership in 2016 before conceding defeat before it was put to a vote of MPs.
As collective responsibility has largely broken down among ministers she had been an increasingly vocal and clear Brexiteer voice in the Cabinet along line similar lines to Mr Johnson and Mr Raab.
She was reportedly the host of a Brexiteer 'pizza party' in Parliament as the vying wings of the Cabinet plotted last year to shape the Brexit deal they wanted.
In her role as Commons' Leader she frequently clashes with Speaker John Bercow, something that will do her no harm among the Tory backbenches where he is widely loathed.
Jacob Rees-Mogg: the old-fashioned Tory who led attempts to topple Mrs May but failed to remove her
Mr Rees-Mogg is a hardline Brexiteer but has suggested he could back a deal depending on what concessions Mrs May wins
- Chairman of the European Research Group
- Well-known for his old-fashioned mannerisms
- Led attempots to topple the PM last year but failed
- Has since suggested he could support a deal on the Irish backstop
- But only if the PM wins concessions from Brussels
- Leadership odds 16/1
The leader of the European Research Group of Tory Brexiteers has an almost cult following.
Known for his old-fashioned manners and clothing he played a lead role in attempts to topple Mrs May in December last year.
Once the hardest of opponents to the Irish border backstop he has slightly thawed in his opposition in recent weeks.
In the face of concern that Brexit could be delayed or stopped altogether he has hinted that he (and much of the ERG) could support a deal if Mrs May achieve certain concessions - which she has let to achieve.
The Somerset MP has brushed off the chances of him running for the leadership but he remains a popular figure in the party, although some feel that he may be too eccentric.
EU leaders troll Theresa May as Tusk gushes about his 'English friend' (he means his dog) and Barnier shows his support for Ireland at the rugby
The EU was today accused of 'trolling' Britain as its leaders took to social media to revel in their time off as Brexit talks collapsed.
Chief negotiator Michel Barnier flew to Ireland for the rugby and Donald Tusk appeared to snipe at Mrs May again in an Instagram post about his English dog.
A smiling Mr Barnier posed outside the Aviva Stadium in Dublin with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Tánaiste Simon Coveney and today confirmed negotiations between the two sides are over as he said this morning: 'The talks are now between the UK government and MPs'.
Around the same time Donald Tusk , the European Council president, posted an Instagram story of himself lounging in a chair with his 'English friend' - his English Springer Spaniel - in what critics said was a blatant goading of Mrs May.
Anti-Brexit campaigner William Buist said that it was 'blatant trolling' of the Prime Minister.
EU chief negotiator had a day off as talks failed and went to watch the Ireland France Six Nations match in Dublin with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar (left) and Tánaiste Simon Coveney (right)
Donald Tusk was accused of trolling Britain by taking to Instagram on the day talks failed to cuddle his 'English Friend', his spaniel
EU Brexit chief Michel Barnier opted to watch rugby in Dublin yesterday rather than stay in Brussels.
In a sign of the dire state of talks, the EU's chief negotiator watched Ireland v France rather than remain on standby in the Belgian capital.
The Frenchman was spotted with Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar and foreign affairs minister Simon Coveney as they entered Dublin's Aviva stadium.
Ireland went on to beat France 26-14 to keep their Six Nations hopes alive.
The impromptu trip could be seen as provocative given the impasse in talks is over the Irish border backstop, which Dublin has repeatedly dug its heels in over and rejected British demands for an end date or unilateral exit clause.
Before the weekend attorney-general Geoffrey Cox and Brexit secretary Stephen Barclay had been pencilled in for a trip to Brussels on Sunday to continue talks.
And yesterday an RAF jet was on standby to rush prime minister Theresa May to the Belgian capital in the event of a breakthrough - but she never went.
It came after relations sunk to a new low on Friday when eleventh-hour talks on British demands over the backstop issue descended into an ugly Twitter row.
It ended with Mr Barnier taking the unusual step of posting the EU's latest backstop offer on Twitter in a bid to avoid being blamed for the breakdown in talks.
Moments later Mr Barclay hit back, saying the offer was simply a 'rerun' of old arguments.
It ended a tumultuous week in which Mr Cox's demands earlier in the week were rejected following a bitter four-hour stand-off.
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Main photo article Theresa May arrived in Strasbourg tonight for last-ditch Brexit talks with Jean-Claude Juncker.
The Prime Minister must get agreement with the EU on changes to the Irish border backstop before the Commons goes home tonight – usually 10.30pm.
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