Leading us to disaster

IT is no surprise that Brussels has given short shrift to Theresa May’s Brexit plan.

Given the Prime Minister has struggled to sell her proposals to MPs it is little wonder she is finding it hard to convince the EU.

There are just a few short months left to reach an agreement and that is scary.

The worst possible outcome for the UK is to crash out without a deal.

Even the Government’s own analysis shows this would wreck the economy, cause havoc at the borders and put livelihoods at risk.

It could even lead to a shortage of medicines, grounded flights and food left to rot in lorries.

Mrs May blundered at very stage. She boxed herself in with unrealistic red lines, triggered Article 50 with no clear plan and undermined her position with too many early concessions.

To placate her warring party she produced a cobbled-together blueprint that faces being shredded even before the ink has dried.

These are Britain’s most important negotiations since the Second World War.

The time for amateurism and bluster is over. The price of failure is too high.