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| Theresa May to hold talks with ministers in bid to stave off exit | Theresa May to hold talks with ministers in bid to stave off exit |
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| Theresa May is trying to slow her departure from No 10 by meeting cabinet ministers to discuss rewriting her withdrawal bill, despite extreme pressure from her party to quit as soon as the European elections are over. | |
| The prime minister will delay publication of the legislation until the first week of June while she listens to the concerns of the cabinet about it opening the door to a second referendum. There is heavy speculation May will announce a timetable for her departure on Friday, after European elections polling day. | The prime minister will delay publication of the legislation until the first week of June while she listens to the concerns of the cabinet about it opening the door to a second referendum. There is heavy speculation May will announce a timetable for her departure on Friday, after European elections polling day. |
| Some No 10 insiders privately admit this is the most likely outcome but that the prime minister still may not have come to that conclusion yet. | |
| May close to abandoning Brexit bill amid growing cabinet backlash - live news | May close to abandoning Brexit bill amid growing cabinet backlash - live news |
| The Conservative party’s 1922 Committee of backbenchers has voted on whether to hold a no-confidence vote in her leadership if she does not set out plans for her departure by Friday morning, though the outcome has not been announced. However, there were several signs on Thursday that May had not quite accepted that her tenure in Downing Street was over. | The Conservative party’s 1922 Committee of backbenchers has voted on whether to hold a no-confidence vote in her leadership if she does not set out plans for her departure by Friday morning, though the outcome has not been announced. However, there were several signs on Thursday that May had not quite accepted that her tenure in Downing Street was over. |
| The government whip Mark Spencer told the House of Commons that May still planned to hold a second reading vote on the bill on 7 June, even though it had an extremely low chance of passing in its current form and parliament was not scheduled to be sitting that day. | The government whip Mark Spencer told the House of Commons that May still planned to hold a second reading vote on the bill on 7 June, even though it had an extremely low chance of passing in its current form and parliament was not scheduled to be sitting that day. |
| Her official spokesman also said she planned to replace Andrea Leadsom, who resigned as the leader of the House of Commons on Wednesday, in a move that appears to show she is still trying to regain control over events. | Her official spokesman also said she planned to replace Andrea Leadsom, who resigned as the leader of the House of Commons on Wednesday, in a move that appears to show she is still trying to regain control over events. |
| She is expected to meet Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, over his objections to the withdrawal bill, and possibly other cabinet ministers as well, including Sajid Javid, the home secretary, and David Mundell, the Scottish secretary. | She is expected to meet Jeremy Hunt, the foreign secretary, over his objections to the withdrawal bill, and possibly other cabinet ministers as well, including Sajid Javid, the home secretary, and David Mundell, the Scottish secretary. |
| “The prime minister is listening to her colleagues about the bill and will be having further discussions,” her spokesman said. He would not answer questions about whether she would resign tomorrow, saying: “Oh come on. Next.” | “The prime minister is listening to her colleagues about the bill and will be having further discussions,” her spokesman said. He would not answer questions about whether she would resign tomorrow, saying: “Oh come on. Next.” |
| One complicating factor is that many cabinet ministers with leadership ambitions are nervous about the prospect of running with Brexit unresolved, which would favour strong leave supporters such as Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, Penny Mordaunt and Andrea Leadsom over former remainers such as Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid and Matt Hancock. | One complicating factor is that many cabinet ministers with leadership ambitions are nervous about the prospect of running with Brexit unresolved, which would favour strong leave supporters such as Boris Johnson, Dominic Raab, Penny Mordaunt and Andrea Leadsom over former remainers such as Jeremy Hunt, Sajid Javid and Matt Hancock. |
| However, members of the 1922 Committee indicated their patience would be close to running out if May did not announce a timetable for her departure on Friday. | However, members of the 1922 Committee indicated their patience would be close to running out if May did not announce a timetable for her departure on Friday. |
| Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the treasurer of the 1922 Committee, told the Press Association: “I want her to give a timetable for when she will go. I think this blank denial from No 10 today may be a smokescreen because she does not want to influence the outcome of the European elections. Maybe she will still quit tomorrow.” | Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, the treasurer of the 1922 Committee, told the Press Association: “I want her to give a timetable for when she will go. I think this blank denial from No 10 today may be a smokescreen because she does not want to influence the outcome of the European elections. Maybe she will still quit tomorrow.” |
| Asked what would happen if the PM did not announce a resignation date, he said: “I think there will be overwhelming pressure for the [1922 Committee] to change the rules and hold a ballot on confidence in the prime minister.” | Asked what would happen if the PM did not announce a resignation date, he said: “I think there will be overwhelming pressure for the [1922 Committee] to change the rules and hold a ballot on confidence in the prime minister.” |
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