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Theresa May is Europe's worst poker player after a desperate Prime Minister showed 27 other countries she's playing an incredibly weak hand.

That was a deranged, demonic seven excruciating minutes in No 10 form a Tory leader losing control rather than taking it back after the Salzburg disaster, at the end of her tether complained EU rival heads were treating her with the same lack of respect as her Cabinet Ministers and MPs.

Reverting to the old discredited mantra about no deal is better than a bad deal might buy her a little time from Brextremist enemies in her own party but anybody with a brain knows that May knows that no deal is the worst of all options.

(Image: Jack Taylor)

Future trade and Northern Ireland remain sticking points because the Brexit sold by Leave liars - easy deals, best of both worlds, £350m for the NHS - was a deception to squeak a narrow victory.

The electricity failure which delayed her statement underlined that May is a PM in office but not in power,

Her plan to kick the Chequers can down the road until after the week after next's Conservative conference is over.

Dressed in black, she looked and sounded like a PM going to her own political funeral.