Looks like there is little scope for sunshine in the bleak UK winter this year. Cabinet ministers have known to have held secret talks to delay Brexit by eight weeks. The cabinet hopes that the European Union will provide them with a two-month grace period.
This could help decompress the situation Britain currently is in, with a no-deal exit looming over them. This means, in case May's deal passes through parliament, it will provide the cabinet with a two month 'grace period' for necessary legislation and the exit will officially take place on May 24.
Theresa May will travel to Brussels on Thursday to tell EU leaders that the British government retains its commitment to preventing the construction of a physical border between Ireland and Northern Ireland when Britain leaves the European Union. Britain's Parliament has voted down May's plan, in part because of concerns about the difficult border issues. The situation is complex because Ireland is a member of the EU while Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom. The currently wide open border between the two entities will after Brexit become the only land border between the U.K. and the EU.
London and Brussels are arguing over whether the present Brexit deal clinched in November can be changed, raising the possibility of a delay to Brexit, a last-minute deal or a no-deal exit.
