…Faces vote of no confidence from Conservative MPs
WED, SEPT 12 2018-theG&BJournal-Sky News reports that that about 50 MPs are thought to have gathered for a private meeting to discuss how to remove the prime minister.
Quoting sources, the news network said many of the MPs are still unhappy with her Brexit strategy despite EU negotiator Michel Barnier suggesting a deal could be reached by the start of November.
‘’Sky News understands that opposition towards Mrs May has increased over the summer recess, and former Brexit minister Steve Baker has warned she faces “a tremendous amount of political crisis and rupture” if she does not ditch her Chequers plan for leaving the EU.’’
According to Sky News, at least 48 letters of no confidence need to be submitted to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady to trigger a vote on her premiership, and Sky sources suggest it could arrive within just a few weeks.
Sky News understands the submission of the required number of letters is being coordinated, with one source suggesting they would be “shocked” if a vote did not occur after the Tory party conference in Birmingham, which runs from 30 September to 3 October.
Government ministers are understood to have confided to members of the European Research Group (ERG) of Tory eurosceptics that Mrs May “has to go”.
The renewed pressure on Mrs May comes amid ongoing speculation that former foreign secretary Boris Johnson wants her job, having launched yet another broadside at his old boss during a surprise appearance at a Brexiteer event in parliament on Tuesday.
Mr Johnson – who continues to face scrutiny of his private life following the announcement he and wife Marina Wheeler are divorcing – told attendees that the Chequers plan was “substantially worse” than EU membership.-Source: Sky News
