British PM survives no-confidence vote
  • 5 years ago
British Prime Minister has survived a no-confidence vote in the House of Commons after some members of her own Conservative party questioned her ability to handle Brexit.
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Well Mark… It was widely expected that May would survive the secret vote.
200 votes were cast in favour of the prime minister, while 117 were against.
She will remain the Tory leader, at least for now.
She's safe from another challenge from within her own party for the next year.
But ahead of the vote she said she will step down before the next parliamentary election due in 2022.
Speaking after the results, May said she had listened to those who voted against her and that she needed “to get on with the job of delivering Brexit.”
The tough task of getting her Brexit deal passed through parliament still remains.
MPs have publicly said they will vote it down.
If the divorce agreement does not go through then it's all back to square one, with only a few months left until the UK is scheduled to leave the EU on March 29th.
There are suggestions of the possibility of a "no deal" scenario, though the majority of MPs do not wish for that to happen.
There have also been calls for another referendum on Brexit, but London has ruled that out.
Mrs. May will head back to Brussels on Wednesday to try and get reassurances on the agreement, especially on the so-called "backstop" issue - the key sticking point in the tumultuous Brexit process.
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