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PM requests extension to June 30. EU unlikely to say no but will want to see PM has a workable plan to get the deal ratified during this delay. Senior EU dip: 'Give us any kind of substance and we’ll be more willing to help you out. But not just a prolongation of this situation.'
Only plan May outlines here is getting EU leaders to sign off on legal assurances before MV3 (they're reluctant to do so having been burnt so many times before) and new national legislation replicating ditched Para 50 from the Dec 2017 joint report. Unlikely to cut the mustard.
Her insistence she is 'confident Parliament will proceed to ratify the deal' is also likely to be met with some scoffing here. A promise she's made too many times before. Senior EU diplomat: 'The disbelief and the lack of trust is increasing. It’s inevitably with us.'
