Thursday, November 15, 2018

U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May Fights Against Members Of Her Own Party To Save Brexit Deal



Reuters: British PM May battles to save Brexit deal and her job

LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Thursday to save a draft divorce deal with the European Union after her Brexit secretary and other ministers quit in protest and eurosceptic lawmakers stepped up efforts to topple her.

A day after May announced that her team of top ministers had agreed to the terms of the draft deal, Brexit minister Dominic Raab and work and pensions minister Esther McVey resigned.

Lawmakers suggested other ministers would quit and eurosceptics in May’s Conservative Party said they had submitted letters calling for a no confidence vote in her leadership.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The problem PM May has left for her foes is this. Nothing any better comes from dumping her.
Jeremy Corbin waits in the wings like Count Dracula. Former agent of the KGB I've read. Marxist in waiting with the Momentum group as his street thugs.
The EU won't renegotiate a new Brexit should May be ousted.

The best alternative to PM May's ouster is a WTO exit. Maybe that won't be so bad, especially since the EU would not get is 40 billion pounds.