UK leader Theresa May vows to win no-confidence vote and warns Brexit is in peril
The long-running schism over Europe in her party contributed to the fall of all three previous Conservative premiers — David Cameron, John Major and Margaret Thatcher
Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to win a vote of no confidence triggered by angry Brexit supporters in her Conservative Party on Wednesday, saying her ouster will jeopardise Britain’s divorce from the EU. Less than four months before the UK is due to leave on March 29, Brexit is in chaos with options ranging from a potentially disorderly no-deal departure to another referendum that could reverse it. Speaking outside her Downing Street residence hours before the vote of confidence to decide her fate, May said she will fight with everything she has. The long-running schism over Europe in her party contributed to the fall of all three previous Conservative premiers — David Cameron, John Major and Margaret Thatcher.
May, a 62-year-old vicar’s daughter who voted to remain in the EU at a 2016 referendum, told opponents if they topple her, Brexit would be delayed or stopped. “A change of leadership in the Conservative Party now would put our country’s future at risk and create uncer...
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