Theresa May says she can manage Brexit
British prime minister dismisses talk of division among her top ministers on EU strategy as Conservative Party gathers for conference
Manchester, England — Apologising for losing her Conservative Party’s majority in the June election, Prime Minister Theresa May responded to her critics on Sunday by saying she had the right strategy to lead Britain and win a Brexit deal. May, who has faced calls from within her party to step down, wants to use the Conservatives’ annual conference in the northern English city of Manchester this week to try to reset her agenda, offering money to students and those people she once described as "just about managing" in Britain. In an interview with BBC television, she dismissed talk of rifts among top ministers, saying they were united on their programme and, more importantly, on Brexit. That came a day after Foreign Minister Boris Johnson, perhaps May’s biggest rival, set out four personal red lines in the complex talks with the EU. But with thousands of protesters just outside the conference gates demanding that Britain stay in the EU, May has a long way to go to unite not only her g...
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