MAY IN DISARRAY Andrea Leadsom quits over Brexit leaving deluded Theresa May clinging on to power as Cabinet deserts her

May 22, 2019 in News, Video by RBN Staff

 
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  • By Natasha Clark and Hugo Gye
  • 22nd May 2019, 8:02 pm

The PM’s Government is hanging in the balance as Tories try to boot her out

 THERESA May was desperately clinging on to power tonight after Commons Leader Andrea Leadsom dramatically quit in protest at her Brexit plan.

In one of the darkest days for the isolated PM, she faced a mass revolt from her own Cabinet and Tory backbenchers – but she insisted she will not give into their demands for her to quit now.

Theresa May leaving Parliament this afternoon

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Theresa May leaving Parliament this afternoon

Andrea Leadsom quit tonight over Brexit saying the new deal didn't deliver for the British people

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Andrea Leadsom quit tonight over Brexit saying the new deal didn’t deliver for the British people

Theresa May was abandoned by key MPs today who left her alone on the Government benches

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Theresa May was abandoned by key MPs today who left her alone on the Government benches

The Commons leader and staunch Brexiteer said with a “heavy heart” that she could no longer support the government’s approach after May’s latest gambit to pass her withdrawal agreement deal backfired among both Tory and Labour MPs.

She resigned on the eve of the EU elections where the Tories are expected to get mauled in the polls – and Nigel Farage’s Brexit Party set to win the most seats.

In her resignation letter, Leadsom, who now could run to be Tory leader when Mrs May finally goes, wrote: “I do not believe that we will be a truly sovereign United Kingdom through the deal that is now proposed.

“I no longer believe that our approach will deliver on the referendum result.

“I have always maintained that a second referendum would be dangerously divisive, and I do not support the Government willingly facilitating such a concession.

“It would also risk undermining our Union which is something I passionately want to see strengthened.

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