The Independent

May sidelined at her own EU Brexit showdown

Fifty years on: the people of Aberfan mourn a lost generation PM kept waiting until 1am to make five-minute speech Cabinet minister warns Lords: don’t stand in way of our deal

- JOE WATTS AND ROB MERRICK

Theresa May faces Brexit battles on two fronts after clashing with the EU’s lead negotiator in Brussels, while fighting off a rebellious Parliament in London. Michelle Barnier is pushing for talks to be held in French, while a Cabinet minister has warned peers not to stand in the way of the deal.

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Aberfan cemetery yesterday, on the anniversar­y of a disaster that killed 116 school children (Getty Images)

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