Theresa May's lonely weekend

Theresa May must be the loneliest and most angst-ridden political leader in the world right now. She is spending a lonely weekend contemplating the treachery and plotting of pretty well all her Cabinet, the humiliation imposed on her by her fellow EU leaders, the dread of knowing Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn might try to force through a Commons no-confidence vote on the government, and the total confusion about where the hell it's all going and whether she should resign. She won't resign because she is made of tougher stuff than that but this is the moment when the old adage about leadership being a lonely job is hitting her hardest. We know she will plough on in the hope that someone somewhere will come up with an acceptable solution to get rid of all her Brexit nightmares. But after more than 19 months no one bright enough has thought of an acceptable mechanism to resolve the Irish border issue for eternity. So I'm not sure where that magic trick is going to come from, certainly not from the EU negotiators. Do any other leaders in the world care enough about Theresa May to offer sympathy, help, perhaps a little friendship. Donald Trump has too many of his own problems and he doesn't want to be quoted as saying anything supportive of the "special relationship" premier (ho ho), Angela Merkel remains stony-faced and unrelenting, Emmanuel Macron is still cowering from the heat of the burning Paris streets, and all the rest of the EU seem to have given up with the British prime minister, and are probably just thankful they are not in her shoes, even her leopard spotty ones. So May is on her own, plus her husband of course. Looking ahead to this week she will have no time to prepare for a nice Christmas off. Her officials will be beavering away over Christmas and the New Year to try and conjure up an Irish border solution and she will no doubt be on the phone constantly to them and to her cabinet ministers. Well the ones she can trust not to leak anything! Corbyn doesn't seem to have a clue what's best for him and the Labour Party, so somehow I doubt he will challenge May before Christmas. But meanwhile a host of Tories who fancy their chances of succeeding May when she steps down before the next due election in 2022, will be plotting and planning their futures. Poor old Theresa. Not a smiley face anywhere.