Theresa May pleads for Brexit unity
The UK premier keen to show she is in charge on the final day of conference
Birmingham — British Prime Minister Theresa May appealed to her Conservative Party on Wednesday to unite behind her plan to leave the EU, warning critics their arguments could put Brexit in jeopardy. On the final day of her party’s annual conference, May sought to rally members by addressing their concerns that the Conservatives are becoming increasingly directionless under the weight of Brexit, urging them to look to a brighter future. Dancing onto the stage in the city of Birmingham to Abba’s Dancing Queen and a standing ovation, May poked fun at herself after her dance moves were mocked on a trip to Africa and after 2017’s conference when her speech was disrupted by a coughing fit, a stage intruder and a collapsing background set.
It was a warm welcome for a leader whose fragile position at the helm of her party has come under pressure after the EU rejected parts of her so-called Chequers plan and critics stepped up calls for her to ditch her strategy on Brexit, Britain’s m...
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