May’s last-gasp dash to Strasbourg, the midnight press conference with Juncker... EU officials and politicians looked on with growing incredulity.

Concerns raised after reports negotiating team told to devise plans to ‘get around’ protocol in withdrawal agreement.

The UK worries about being “trapped” in a backstop – but can’t present an alternative. / Toxic language is defining the Brexit debate. It is turning an intensely complex and complicated subject into something being argued over emotionally, certainly in the UK.

Chancellor sceptical about request as Tories discuss leaving EU without deal. / The home secretary, Sajid Javid, has demanded more than £1bn extra funds for police and border force officials to cope with a no-deal Brexit in a request met with scepticism by the chancellor, Philip Hammond.

On Monday morning Martin Selmayr, the secretary general of the European Commission, was in mid-flow briefing EU ambassadors on how efforts over the weekend to get legally binding assurances on the Irish backstop had ground to a halt.

Attorney general Geoffrey Cox has said that the UK can still be trapped in the ‘Irish backstop’ so hated by Conservative MPs, despite changes to the Brexit deal won by Theresa May.

Former Attorney General Geoffrey Cox has said he will vote against the government's attempts to override the Brexit withdrawal agreement when it comes before the Commons.

Former attorney general lashes out as Tory rebellion gathers pace.

Johnson risks unconscionable harm by ripping up treaty, says former attorney-general.

Last night’s Brexit negotiations were a charade and will ensure the prime minister is defeated in tonight’s vote

Geoffrey Cox admits Theresa May will be forced to accept Article 50 extension longer than 'just a few weeks or months' - paving way for new cabinet bust-up

Dominic Cummings described talks as a 'sham' leak claims.

Brexit negotiations "have been difficult" and "no solution has been identified" to the Irish backstop, the European Commission has said.