May cannot lead on Brexit. Here’s Corbyn’s chance to seize the day

According to Sam Lowe, trade analyst at the Centre for European Reform, what Britain is asking for is “institutionalised cherrypicking” – and no cherrypicking is the cardinal rule of the single market. Small wonder, then, that not long before the cabinet sat down to slow-braised Guinness short rib of beef, the European commission issued a document explicitly rejecting the three-basket approach. In light of that, “ambitious” is one way to describe the UK government’s approach. “Delusional” is another.