Theresa May faces possible plot amid Brexit impasse
Sources say senior ministers want rid of prime minister as parliament prepares to grab control of the EU exit process from the government
London — The UK’s exit from the EU was in disarray on Sunday as Prime Minister Theresa May faced a possible plot by ministers to topple her and parliament prepared to grab control of Brexit from the government. At one of the most important junctures for the country since World War 2, British politics was at fever pitch and nearly three years since the 2016 referendum, it was still unclear how, when or if Brexit will take place. With May humiliated and weakened, ministers insisted she and the British government were still in charge of the country, and that the best option was still for parliament to ratify May’s twice-defeated Brexit divorce deal. As hundreds of thousands of people marched across central London on Saturday to demand another Brexit referendum, May was the subject of what The Sunday Times said was a “coup” by senior ministers seeking to oust her. The newspaper cited 11 unidentified senior ministers and said they had agreed that the prime minister should stand down, war...
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