UK PM May: EU also has a choice to make on Brexit deal

Further comments by May in Grimsby

• Government is still in talks with EU on legal changes to Brexit deal
• Now is the time for the UK and EU to act to get an agreement
• Not in EU's interest for backstop to be permanent
• There just needs to be one more push to address concerns of the UK parliament
• A Brexit delay could lead to EU insisting on new conditions
• A Brexit delay could also lead to a second referendum

More or less similar to what we expected here earlier on. European leaders are saying that the ball is in the UK's court but May is trying to push that back on them with regards to offering concessions over the backstop. At the same time, she's also pleading to MPs to back her deal in next week's vote despite the lack of legally binding assurances.

Unless the European Union is willing to offer some form of compromise, it still looks like May is headed for a second defeat in the meaningful vote next week.