This has prompted the satirical magazine Private Eye to take its cue from the tale of Robert Bruce and the spider and poke fun at Britain’s beleaguered Prime Minister on the cover of its current issue: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, try, and try again.”However, the Prime Minister’s failure to break the Brexit impasse is no laughing matter. “These are some of the weakest figures we’ve seen in nearly a decade, and that’s no coincidence. A call for a customs’ union after Brexit, tabled by the former Tory chancellor Ken Clarke, was defeated by just three votes on Monday evening. MPs have control of proceedings in the Commons for a third round of indicative voting on Wednesday. On April 10, there will be an emergency summit of EU leaders to consider any UK request for a further extension.

Source: The Telegraph April 02, 2019 19:30 UTC