Brexit reality bites for May and Merkel
Simon Tilford, deputy director of the Centre for European Reform, said May and Merkel were playing for time in the hope of something coming along to derail the process. "It may well come to Britain leaving the European Union's orbit altogether and forging its own way. But I wouldn't read too much into May's words - look at her actions."
"She's confronting the Euroskeptics with reality. She's not in any hurry."