Steely Theresa May ready to stay the course, but mutinous MPs have other ideas
The UK prime minister grapples with the biggest crisis of her premiership after a draft Brexit deal provoked the resignations of senior ministers
London — Prime Minister Theresa May was grappling with the biggest crisis of her premiership on Friday after a draft divorce deal with the EU provoked the resignations of senior ministers and mutiny in her party. More than two years since the UK voted to leave the EU in a shock referendum, it is still unclear how, on what terms or even if it will leave the EU as planned on March 29 2019. Ever since winning the top job in the turmoil that followed the 2016 referendum, May has sought to negotiate a Brexit deal that ensures that the UK leaves in the smoothest way possible. But Brexit minister Dominic Raab resigned over her deal, sending the pound tumbling. Mutinous legislators in her own party openly sought to challenge her leadership and bluntly told her that the Brexit deal would not pass parliament. Asked if she would contest any challenge to her position, May replied: “Am I going to see this through? Yes.” On Friday, Michael Gove, the most prominent Brexit-supporting minister in he...
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