May on collision course with EU
Theresa May faces a clash with Brussels after the House of Commons backed her efforts to rewrite her own draft Brexit treaty, an attempt to break the deadlock at Westminster.
The prime minister said she would never stop battling for Britain but, while her move rallied Brexiter Conservatives, it has been rejected by Brussels, which has repeatedly stated that the withdrawal agreement cannot be reopened.
Two weeks after her Brexit deal was overwhelmingly rejected by parliament, Mrs May bowed to intense pressure from Eurosceptic Conservatives by agreeing to seek its dismantling. She urged MPs to give her a mandate to return to the fray in Brussels with only two months to go until Britain’s scheduled exit.
The backstop is meant to prevent the return of a hard Irish bord...