Theresa May faces growing calls to quit
Source: The Times
Unrest grows among MPs and Tory donors
Francis Elliott, Political Editor | Sam Coates | Bruno Waterfield
January 30 2018, 12:01am,
The Times
The prime minister is facing a donors’ revolt and growing pressure to leave Downing Street as soon as the outline of a trade deal is negotiated with the European Union this autumn.
Discontent with Theresa May among the Conservatives’ financial backers boiled over at a fundraising event last Thursday, according to a donor. An account of the event — where about a quarter of the 50 donors present were said to have demanded her resignation — has been circulating among Brexit-supporting Tory MPs.
Mrs May’s grip on No 10 has weakened markedly in recent days as the Leave and Remain wings of her party raise the stakes before the start of talks on Britain’s future relationship with the EU. Dismay over political drift, concerns about local council elections this spring and the fallout from a botched reshuffle have revived questions over leadership among her MPs.
One source close to the Brexit-supporting European Research Group (ERG) of backbench Tory MPs said that the chance of Mrs May’s survival was “50:50”, with pleading by her cabinet given as the main strength keeping her in place. “There is no one defending her but no plot to oust her. It’s the worst of all worlds,” a senior Conservative said.
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