Talks through the night, a pre-dawn flight – how the deal was done

The text is little changed from that rejected by the DUP on Monday but is a major climbdown from May’s hardline position at the start of the yearIt took Theresa May 11 months and 200 miles to travel from her starting position that “no deal is better than a bad deal” to the perception that any deal was better than no Brexit. The last, frantic, dash from Downing Street to the European commission headquarters in the early hours was the easy bit.From 3.30am on Friday, her final dri