Theresa May has made a direct appeal to the British public to back her Brexit deal. When asked by a German reporter whether she shares Angela Merkel’s sadness about the UK leaving the EU? May replied, saying, 'No'. But she said she 'recognises why some people, in the EU and in the UK, do feel like that'. 'We are leaving the EU but not leaving Europe, she said. Despite the increasingly bleak prospects for her deal passing the House of Commons next month in what she called 'one of the most significant votes for many years', May struck a defiant note.