Burn from European Commission 'too busy' to interfere in UK general election

"To put it in the words of an EU diplomat, the 30-minute slot that we are going to devote to Brexit per week, for this week it's up."

The European Commission has hit back at claims by British Prime Minister Theresa May that Brussels is meddling in the UK General Election by suggesting it is too busy to do so.

The commission adopted a dismissive tone after Mrs May's extraordinary attack on the EU over its Brexit stance.