The Week UK – 15 December 2018
The Week UK – 15 December 2018
English | 64 pages | True PDF | 14.9 MB
English | 64 pages | True PDF | 14.9 MB
THE TORY MUTINY: MAY ON THE BRINK
Tory MPs triggered a vote of confidence in Theresa May’s leadership this week, adding to the sense of chaos engulfing her premiership and her Brexit deal. The chairman of the 1922 Committee of Conservative backbenchers, Graham Brady, revealed on Wednesday that he had received the requisite forty eight letters – representing 15% of Tory MPs – calling for such a measure. The move came two days after the Prime Minister belatedly called off a crunch Commons vote on her Brexit plan, admitting to MPs that it faced defeat by a “significant
margin”. She was jeered as she said she had listened to the “widespread and deep concern” about the deal.
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