What the papers say: Why a reshuffle isn't the answer for the PM

Britain will have to pay some kind of Brexit bill to leave the EU, accepts the Sun. But that shouldn’t mean having to ‘pay a penny more than is due’. The Sunday Times reported yesterday that Theresa May is considering offering £50bn to keep Brussels happy. The Sun has a simple message: we hope that Brexit secretary David Davis is telling the truth when he describes such reports as nonsense. It’s not only the PM who comes under pressure in the Sun’s editorial today; the paper also takes aim at Brexit chief negotiator Michel Barnier for saying the UK needs ‘educating’ about the price of leaving the EU. ‘Perhaps some education is in order in Brussels’, suggests the Sun: after all, ‘it is in Europe’s best interests to have a good relationship with the UK after we leave the EU.’ And if Britain turns its back on the EU if things get acrimonious, ‘Barnier will not be thanked by the continent’s political and business leaders ‘.