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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
May faces more calls to resign amid Brexit chaos
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleBritish Prime Minister Theresa May is facing more calls to resign during a bruising question-and-answer session in the House of Commons.
Before a vote by lawmakers on alternatives to May’s twice-rejected Brexit deal, opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn accuses May of being “unable to compromise and unable to reunite the country.” He tells her she must “either listen and change course or go.”
May is also facing calls from inside her Conservative Party to quit so that another leader can take over the next stage of Brexit negotiations. She is due to meet Conservative backbenchers later today.
Jeremy Corbyn says the "country is on hold" because of government's #Brexit "paralysis", calling on the PM to "change course or go"
Theresa May: The Labour front bench is “biggest threat to our standing in the world” #PMQs updates: https://t.co/W1thB8wGDi pic.twitter.com/Clb1saBMCY
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) March 27, 2019
Asked whether she would be resigning in order to get her Brexit deal approved, May says: “It is my sense of responsibility and duty that has meant I have kept working to ensure Brexit is delivered.”
— AP
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