Political zombie faces more pain

Sir, – Theresa May has been humiliated yet again by the Eurocrats. The sight of her begging EU leaders to give her a bone to throw to get her EU “deal” through parliament was gut wrenching.

All throughout the Brexit withdrawal the Eurocrats have been unyielding. They would not even give May a cosmetic fig leaf.

After that she then faced an attempt to remove her from office by the craven ruthless Brexiteer oddballs. Even though she saw off the challenge; this too can only be described as a pyrrhic victory. She lumbers on in the knowledge that one third of her parliamentary party don’t want her in position.

She has postponed the vote on the Brexit deal, hoping circumstances will change and she can save her skin. May is on borrowed time – a political zombie.

Jeremy Corbyn too seems to be competing with May for levels of incompetence.

He could have called a confidence vote which, even if May had won would have damaged her further. Instead Corbyn thinks he can change the country with dreams and talk.

The only “solution” will be for May to extend the withdrawal deadline. The Eurocrats will be amenable to this as it will simply put the UK in an even bigger hole.

The EU have sought from the start to make Brexit as painful as

possible to deter others from leaving.

Alan Hinnrichs. Gillespie Terrac, Dundee.