PM savaged as she won’t say when we quit customs union

THERESA May suffered a Brexit battering from all sides in the Commons yesterday.

MPs rounded on her for failing to break deadlocked EU talks amid fears Britain will stay stuck in the customs union.

The PM repeatedly refused to say when an Irish “backstop” would expire. This supposedly temporary arrangement would keep the UK in the customs union, unable to strike trade deals, while the Irish Border question is sorted out.

Pleading with MPs, she said: “We are entering the final stages of negotiations. This is the time

Theresa May now says this is unacceptable as it would mean checks on goods between NI and the rest of the UK.

WHAT HER SOLUTION? for cool heads.” But arch-Brexiteer Boris Johnson, pressed her to confirm we would take control of our tariffs by December 2021.

Tory Simon Clarke said the PM had “failed to reassure the House” when it would end. Labour

some single market rules. Brussels, Brexiteers and the DUP object to her proposal. leader Jeremy Corbyn said the Government was in shambles.

Tomorrow Mrs May is in Brussels to address EU leaders. As a no-deal loomed, European Council chief Donald Tusk said it was “more likely than ever.”

Last night Mr Corbyn told Labour MPs opposing a deal Mrs May brought back did not mean the result had to be no-deal.