Desperate Theresa May reveals her Brexit plan B: buy more time

Theresa May will meet Dutch PM Mark Rutte on Tuesday.Theresa May is to embark on a frantic round of European diplomacy in a final attempt to salvage her Brexit deal and her premiership after a chaotic day in which she pulled Tuesday’s scheduled meaningful vote in the face of overwhelming opposition.The prime minister will meet German chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin on Tuesday afternoon to seek “further assurances” to ensure that the Northern Irish backstop would never come i