Daily Mail: Nothing sticks on Theresa as she wins no confidence vote: PM defeats coup attempt by 200 to 117 - keeping her safe from her own MPs for a year - after vowing she will QUIT before next election
* Eurosceptic Tory MPs have succeeded in forcing a no-confidence vote in the PM amid fury at her Brexit deal
* Chair of the Tory 1922 committee Sir Graham Brady confirmed the 48 letters needed have been received
* That has automatically triggered a formal vote of no confidence in her leadership among Conservative MPs
* The dramatic secret ballot is being held between 6pm and 8pm tonight with the result announced soon after
* Mrs May delivered an emotional final plea to MPs admitting she cannot fight the next general election
* If she wins by one vote she is immune from challenge for 12 months but narrow victory could still be fatal
* If Mrs May loses she will stay on as Prime Minister while another Conservative Party leader is chosen
* The PM has vowed to fight the challenge with 'everything I've got' and warned Brexit could be delayed
* Cabinet ministers have rallied behind her warning 'chaos' will ensue if the party kicks her out at this point
Theresa May dramatically survived a Brexiteer coup bid tonight after leaving MPs in tears with a last-ditch plea to save her political skin.
The Prime Minister was backed by a margin of 200 to 117 in a no-confidence ballot, staving off what would have been an ignominious end to her time as leader - and meaning she cannot be challenged by her own party again for 12 months.
There were cheers as 1922 committee chairman Sir Graham Brady announced the result in the Commons tonight.
But with more than a third of Conservative MPs refusing to support her and a civil war raging over Brexit, the outcome still underlines the scale of the problems she faces.
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WNU editor: She is hailing this as a victor, but it is not. Over a third of the MPs want her gone, and for those who voted for her, I am sure a good number of them did so on her promise that she will not run in the next election .... May signals she will step down before 2022 election (The Guardian).
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2 comments:
I think the Aye votes were from her own ministers in her govt, the No votes were from those not in her govt, the backbenchers. She lost their vote badly, 100-60 or so. Plus she had to vow to be gone once Brexit is finished.
This gives her 12 months of unchallenged Tory leadership, but not PM'ship. Next up is Corbyn with a no confidence vote this month and since May needs the DUP who she has totally betrayed with her deal, Corbyn might win and force a general election.
Hardly a banner day for Tories, their misery continues with May, a bungler leading their party.
It could be worse. They could be Belgium.
Still, If I were in British politics I would be getting ready for a rather large wave of "Brexit Betrayal" riots. A European Spring of sorts is already beginning to roll in France. This could very well lead to much the same thing in Britain.
But hey, that is just an observation from someone across the proverbial pond.
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