UK's May pleads for support, says Brexit deal is almost done

British Prime Minister Theresa May was seeking to scotch a growing rebellion against her Brexit plans Monday, urging lawmakers to back her and saying a divorce deal with the European Union is 95 per cent complete.

May's office said she planned to tell the House of Commons that "the vast majority" of issues are settled, including the status of Gibraltar, Britain's territory at the tip of the Iberian Peninsula.

The prime minister also appealed to voters directly with an article in The Sun tabloid, saying "the very last stages of the talks are going to be the hardest of all" but insisting "the finish line is in sight."
"But she operates at the upper end of that scale almost every day of her life and remarkably, walks out at the other end."