Theresa May demands respect from EU in Brexit negotiations
by Dan Sabbagh and Daniel Boffey from World news | The Guardian on (#3Z8M8)
PM gives combative speech after rejection of Chequers plan, stoking 'no deal' fears
Theresa May has accused the European Union of not treating the UK with respect in a deliberately combative address that prompted a sharp fall in the pound amid fears that it made a no deal Brexit more likely.
Twenty-four hours after her Salzburg humiliation, the prime minister gave a hastily arranged televised Downing Street statement in an effort to reassert herself.
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