As Brexit chaos deepens, Theresa May faces no-confidence vote
London — Legislators in British Prime Minister Theresa May’s Conservative Party on Wednesday triggered a confidence vote in her leadership after Britain’s planned divorce from the EU was plunged into chaos. With less than four months left until the UK is due to exit on March 29, the world’s fifth-largest economy was tipping towards crisis, opening up the prospect of a disorderly no-deal divorce or a reversal of Brexit through a referendum. Graham Brady, the chairman of the party’s so-called 1922 committee, said the threshold of 15% of the parliamentary Conservative Party seeking a confidence vote had been reached. “The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded,” Brady said. A ballot will be held between 6pm and 8pm local time on Wednesday in a room at the House of Commons and an announcement made as soon as possible afterwards, he said. “The votes will be counted immediately afterwards and an an...
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