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Eugene

(61,592 posts)
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 02:58 PM Feb 2019

Theresa May must go in three months, cabinet ministers say

Source: The Guardian

Cabinet ministers will make it clear they believe Theresa May should step down after the local elections in May and allow a new leader to deliver the next phase of the Brexit negotiations, the Guardian understands.

Senior figures in government have suggested they want the prime minister to leave shortly after the first phase of the Brexit negotiations finishes – or risk being defeated in a vote of no confidence at the end of the year.

May wants to stay in place for long enough after Brexit to secure a political legacy beyond the fraught negotiations. But some ministers believe she should announce the timeline for her departure “on a high” after the local election results, paving the way for a Conservative leadership contest over the summer.

Brexiters in the cabinet are keen to see a new leader take over for the next stage of the negotiations with the EU, which May has already pledged will involve more active involvement for politicians rather than advisers.

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Jessica Elgot Political correspondent
Fri 22 Feb 2019 16.59 GMT


Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/feb/22/theresa-may-must-go-in-three-months-cabinet-ministers-say

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Theresa May must go in three months, cabinet ministers say (Original Post) Eugene Feb 2019 OP
Who would want this awful job? theboss Feb 2019 #1
Plenty of politicians want to be PM. T_i_B Feb 2019 #6
This guy Polybius Feb 2019 #8
Are either Benny Hill or Mr. Bean eligible to run? 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #2
Lord Bucket Head paleotn Feb 2019 #4
Seems the House of Lords has its quota. Lord and Lady Douschbag are already seated. 3Hotdogs Feb 2019 #5
Why wait 3 months? LiberalFighter Feb 2019 #3
Living in Cloud Cuckoo land they are... Ford_Prefect Feb 2019 #7
Putin has succeeded where many others failed. He has defeated Britain. yardwork Feb 2019 #9

T_i_B

(14,734 posts)
6. Plenty of politicians want to be PM.
Fri Feb 22, 2019, 07:28 PM
Feb 2019

Trouble is, as disastrous as Theresa May has been, the alternative to her in the Conservative party are much worse. And the Conservative party is more than capable of electing a lunatic to replace her.

Our best hope is that enough sane Tories cross the floor of the house to join the newly formed Independent Group to bring the government down.

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