May pleads with EU27 for Brexit deal she can defend

Prime minister attempts to charm at dinner with admission talks got off to a bad start – but offers no fresh financial concessionsTheresa May pleaded with EU leaders over dinner in Brussels to help her strike a Brexit deal that she can defend to voters back home, admitting talks had got off to a bad start over the summer.The prime minister made the appeal over dinner with 27 other EU leaders but did not offer any fresh financial concessions to help break the deadlock in talks, which have b