UK PM Theresa May has ’10 days to save her job’: Reports
British Prime Minister Theresa May has “10 days to save her job” as some of her party lawmakers are secretly plotting her ouster, according to UK media reports.
After her flawed decision to call a snap general election saw the Conservatives lose their narrow majority earlier this month, May has now come under fire for her lacklustre response to the Grenfell Tower fire disaster. The failure to win the election outright and her response to the London blaze has exposed splits within the Cabinet and rage on the Tory benches. She has 10 days to come up with a strategy that will satisfy enough supporters of hard and soft Brexit alike or she will face a leadership challenge, a former minister told The Sunday Times.
“She is going to have to go sooner rather than later. The critical moment is June 28 and 29, when there are votes on the Queen s Speech, the politician said. “If it looks like they will be lost, you have to strike,” he said.
A senior backbencher also spoke of coming under pressure to back a vote of no confidence in May’s leadership. “I’ve got serious members in my constituency texting me saying: You ve got to …read more