May's appeal falls flat as EU seizes control of Brexit date

European commission president Jean-Claude Juncker embraces Theresa May in Brussels on Thursday. Photograph: Yves Herman/ReutersEU leaders moved to seize control of Britain’s exit date from the bloc after an unconvincing appeal by Theresa May on Thursday for a three-month Brexit delay. In an address to the leaders described by one source as “90 minutes of nothing”, the prime minister failed to persuade leaders that she had a plan to avoid a no-deal Brexit. May had been seeking a