Confidence vote scare: May survives Brexit coup, reaches out to EU again

Seeks curbs to 'Irish backstop'; UK lawmakers due to vote on her deal in Jan

Britain’s weakened Prime Minister Theresa May arrived in Brussels on Thursday to lobby European leaders for help after she survived a parliamentary mutiny that highlighted the deadlock over Brexit.

“We need to get this deal over the line,” she told reporters on arrival for two days of summitry, adding that she had “heard loud and clear” the concerns of party rebels who tried to unseat her over the Brexit deal she agreed with leaders last month.

“I don't expect an immediate breakthrough,” May said, but she would be telling other leaders of the “legal and political assurances” her party sceptics needed, especially