London (CNN Business) "Deadlocked," "Titanic," "Failing," and "Life support." If you believe the British media, the United Kingdom is heading for a Brexit catastrophe.

Rising political tensions around what seems like the impossible task of negotiating Britain's exit from the European Union were displayed in dramatic fashion in the British media over the weekend and on Monday.

Prime Minister Theresa May has been scrambling to clinch a deal by the end of this month. But she's facing fierce political headwinds at home and in the European Union.

Most of the media scorn was directed at May, who faces an open call for her cabinet to rise up in mutiny and EU rejection of her latest attempt to break the deadlock in the divorce talks.

Metaphors were all the rage with the Sun, which has been in favor of Brexit. One piece by its political editor likened May to the captain of the Titanic . It cited a cabinet insider describing May as "a ship's captain who can see an iceberg ahead but won't change course, even when members of the crew leap overboard."