The one thing that concerns Teresa May and whoever is pulling her strings is a Jeremy Corbyn led government. She has actually said as good as "over my dead body".

She knows that the whole of the Brexit shambles is a no score draw between the parties, whereas if it came to discussing policies Labour might continue the recovery they had at the last election.

Is it just possible that she is just trying deliberately to string out the whole Brextrication thing as long as possible, hoping to lure Labour into some kind of trap either through intended or unintended consequences or even unintended consequences of unintended consequences.

Play for time and hope something turns up. Not saying this for definite but it is a possibility.