Theresa May to try to make progress in Brexit talks even as her party plots her demise
London/Brussels — Prime Minister Theresa May will try to make progress in Brexit talks, telling European negotiators the next move is theirs, even as Tory plots dim the chances she will survive long enough to cut the final deal. May appeared on Sunday to have survived a concerted attempt to remove her, and fought back with a veiled threat to demote her rebellious foreign secretary, Boris Johnson. As negotiators head back to Brussels for more divorce talks, May will update Parliament on the concessions she offered last month in her Florence speech. "The ball is in their court," May will say in her statement, at about 3.30pm London time, according to her office. "So while … progress will not always be smooth, by approaching these negotiations in a constructive way — in a spirit of friendship and co-operation and with our sights firmly set on the future — I believe we can prove the doomsayers wrong." In an effort to get back to work after a week that came close to ending her premiershi...
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