THERESA May jets to Brussels today for yet another crunch Brexit showdown - the day after Donald Tusk sparked fury with his comments about a "place in hell" reserved for Brexiteers.

She will insist the UK must not be "trapped" in the hated Northern Ireland backstop and will lay out her plan to get MPs to pass the Brexit deal.

With 50 days to go until Britain leaves the EU today, the PM will have talks with Jean Claude Juncker, Guy Verhofstadt and Donald Tusk later.

But the meeting could be fiery after Mr Tusk's explosive comments yesterday saying there was a "place in hell" reserved for Brexiteers who campaigned to leave without a plan.

His comments infuriated Brexiteers and Remainers alike - with some saying the risk of us leaving without a deal was even greater thanks to his careless outburst.

The PM is set for a bruising as the EU tell yet again that they won't change the deal.

Yesterday leaders reinterated that they have nothing new to offer.

Downing Street privately thinks that Mrs May won't get anything from them and will return to the UK relatively empty handed.

The Sun revealed last night that the PM is set to scrap the plan for Tory unity - the so-called Plan C - once EU officials shoot it down later.

Yesterday Mr Juncker slammed the ideas, saying they were "for the future, not for now... we are sticking to the line that we set on day one."

Allies say Mrs May knows EU leaders will never accept the ambitious new plan with just 50 days to go until the UK leaves, and wants to swiftly move on over the weekend to pressing for legally binding changes to toughen up the current backstop.

Instead of re-opening the deal, Brussels might allow a legally binding letter to make it clear that the hated backstop deal is only temporary, The Times reported today.

Today Jeremy Corbyn threatened to derail the talks by hinting that Labour could back a soft Brexit.

He wrote to the PM laying out what conditions his party would back a deal on.

This could open the door for Mrs May having to back a softer exit from the bloc with a customs union after we leave.

EU bosses could point to the Labour boss' intervention as proof that they don't need to offer us any concessions and Mrs May should strike a deal with Labour to get it over the line instead.

Meanwhile, No10 last night played down the prospect of getting a breakthrough in time to put to MPs in next Thursday’s Commons votes.

A senior Downing Street source said: “If the clouds clear then great, but realistically it’s not where we’re going.”

The source added that the Government would have to put “something” down to vote on next Thursday but said he expects the “focus” will be on other amendments such as attempts to legislate against a no deal Brexit.

Delaying the votes further will ramp up the pressure from Remainers to extend Article 50 to allow enough time to get all the legislation through the House of Commons in time.