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The headlines make grim reading for Number 10. The "Lady IS for Turning" declares the front page of the Daily Telegraph, reversing Margaret Thatcher's famous statement; "May Running Scared" in "new Brexit shambles" is the Daily Mirror's take.
"Mayday!", declares the i, describing Mrs May's decision as an "extraordinary climbdown". Quentin Letts, in the Daily Mail, captures the highly-charged atmosphere in the Commons: "Has indecision ever been so dramatic?", he asks, writing that MPs on Monday "gawped" at Mrs May "rather as wildlife programme viewers will watch the slow demise of a baby hippo."
There's also little confidence that the prime minister's European meetings will change things.
The Times says Mrs May will "beg European leaders to rescue her Brexit deal", but the Economist points out the EU is unlikely to offer anything beyond "bland reassurances", which won't be legally binding in any case.
That won't satisfy her sceptical MPs, the Guardian argues, with even cabinet sources "voicing concern" about the strategy.
HOW MANY Would do HER job . TRYING TO SATISFY MILLIONS . I wouldn't want Miss Mays job.