Ministers lined up to insist May was still in charge and to deny a reported plot to demand she name a date to leave office at a cabinet meeting on Monday
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With May humiliated and weakened, ministers lined up to insist she was still in charge and to deny any part in, or knowledge of, a reported plot to demand she name a date to leave office at a cabinet meeting which started at 1000 GMT on Monday.“Time’s up, Theresa,” Rupert Murdoch’s The Sun newspaper said in a front page editorial. It said her one chance of getting her Brexit deal approved by parliament was to name a date for her departure.
May had to delay that departure date due to the political deadlock in London. Now Britain will leave on May 22 if her deal is approved by parliament. If not, Britain will have until April 12 to offer a new plan or decide to leave without a treaty.Story continues below advertisementThe United Kingdom, which voted 52-48 per cent to leave the EU in the referendum, remains deeply divided over Brexit.
Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and Steve Baker attended along with ministers David Lidington and Michael Gove who had been reportedly lined up as caretaker prime ministers. They were forced on Sunday to deny they wanted May’s job. Lawmakers are expected to vote on possible ways forward at around 2200 GMT. Conservative lawmaker Oliver Letwin’s amendment seeks to change the rules of parliament on March 27 in order to provide time for lawmakers to debate and vote on different options.
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