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Theresa May says she will resign as prime minister after Brexit
Adam Bienkov, Thomas Colson
17 minutes ago
LONDON – Theresa May has said that she will resign as party leader and prime minister once the United Kingdom has left the European Union.
The prime minister told a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs on Wednesday that she would not lead the next stage of negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU.
“I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party,” she told her MPs.
“I have heard very clearly the mood of the parliamentary party. I know there is a desire for a new approach – and new leadership – in the second phase of the Brexit negotiations – and I won’t stand in the way of that.”
She signalled that she would depart from Downing Street if and when MPs back her deal, amid suggestions that she is planning to put her deal back to the House of Commons for another vote on Friday.
“I ask everyone in this room to back the deal so we can complete our historic duty – to deliver on the decision of the British people and leave the European Union with a smooth and orderly exit,” she said.
Last December May told her party that she would not lead them into the next general election.
However, she has previously resisted setting out the date of her departure, insisting that she still had a full domestc agenda beyond Brexit which she wanted to deliver.
Her announcement came as MPs prepared on Wednesday to take part in a series of “indicative votes” which could force the government to dramatically change course on Brexit.
Options due to be voted on this evening include a softer Brexit, revoking Article 50 and cancelling Brexit and holding a second referendum.
Will May’s resignation announcement help pass her deal?
May’s decision to explicitly set out her departure plans came after significant numbers of Conservative MPs who had previously voted against her deal, indicated that they would be willing to change their minds as long as she made it clear she would depart before the next stage of negotiations with the EU began.
Several Brexiteers who opposed May’s deal, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, indicated this week that they are now likely to back the prime minister’s deal, but others, including Boris Johnson, indicated they would be more likely to if she set a date for her departure.
The former foreign secretary said at a Telegraph event on Tuesday that he needed “to see that the second phase of the negotiations will be different from the first,” which was widely interpreted as a signal to urge the prime minister to set out her resignation date.
Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the House of Commons, also refused to back the prime minister staying on in the event that she secures her deal.
“I am fully supporting the prime minister to get us out of the EU,” the cabinet minister told BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme, adding that whether she stayed after “was a matter for her.”
The decision to spell out her departure will significantly increase the number of Conservative MPs willing to back her deal.
However, she is still likely to fall short of finding a majority for it, given the continued opposition to it among Conservative Remainers as well as the Democratic Unionist Party, which props up May’s minority government.
May’s attempts to win over Labour MPs to her deal have also so far had little success. Just three Labour MPs voted to back the deal when it was last brought before the House of Commons earlier this month.
The House of Commons Speaker John Bercow also indicated on Wednesday that he is likely to block the deal being voted on again in the coming weeks, unless the prime minister secures new significant changes to the agreement.
https://www.businessinsider.nl/theresa-may-resign-if-mps-back-her-brexit-deal-1922-committee-2019-3/
Adam Bienkov, Thomas Colson
17 minutes ago
LONDON – Theresa May has said that she will resign as party leader and prime minister once the United Kingdom has left the European Union.
The prime minister told a meeting of the 1922 Committee of Conservative MPs on Wednesday that she would not lead the next stage of negotiations on the UK’s future relationship with the EU.
“I am prepared to leave this job earlier than I intended in order to do what is right for our country and our party,” she told her MPs.
“I have heard very clearly the mood of the parliamentary party. I know there is a desire for a new approach – and new leadership – in the second phase of the Brexit negotiations – and I won’t stand in the way of that.”
She signalled that she would depart from Downing Street if and when MPs back her deal, amid suggestions that she is planning to put her deal back to the House of Commons for another vote on Friday.
“I ask everyone in this room to back the deal so we can complete our historic duty – to deliver on the decision of the British people and leave the European Union with a smooth and orderly exit,” she said.
Last December May told her party that she would not lead them into the next general election.
However, she has previously resisted setting out the date of her departure, insisting that she still had a full domestc agenda beyond Brexit which she wanted to deliver.
Her announcement came as MPs prepared on Wednesday to take part in a series of “indicative votes” which could force the government to dramatically change course on Brexit.
Options due to be voted on this evening include a softer Brexit, revoking Article 50 and cancelling Brexit and holding a second referendum.
Will May’s resignation announcement help pass her deal?
May’s decision to explicitly set out her departure plans came after significant numbers of Conservative MPs who had previously voted against her deal, indicated that they would be willing to change their minds as long as she made it clear she would depart before the next stage of negotiations with the EU began.
Several Brexiteers who opposed May’s deal, including Jacob Rees-Mogg, indicated this week that they are now likely to back the prime minister’s deal, but others, including Boris Johnson, indicated they would be more likely to if she set a date for her departure.
The former foreign secretary said at a Telegraph event on Tuesday that he needed “to see that the second phase of the negotiations will be different from the first,” which was widely interpreted as a signal to urge the prime minister to set out her resignation date.
Andrea Leadsom, the leader of the House of Commons, also refused to back the prime minister staying on in the event that she secures her deal.
“I am fully supporting the prime minister to get us out of the EU,” the cabinet minister told BBC Radio 4’s “Today” programme, adding that whether she stayed after “was a matter for her.”
The decision to spell out her departure will significantly increase the number of Conservative MPs willing to back her deal.
However, she is still likely to fall short of finding a majority for it, given the continued opposition to it among Conservative Remainers as well as the Democratic Unionist Party, which props up May’s minority government.
May’s attempts to win over Labour MPs to her deal have also so far had little success. Just three Labour MPs voted to back the deal when it was last brought before the House of Commons earlier this month.
The House of Commons Speaker John Bercow also indicated on Wednesday that he is likely to block the deal being voted on again in the coming weeks, unless the prime minister secures new significant changes to the agreement.
https://www.businessinsider.nl/theresa-may-resign-if-mps-back-her-brexit-deal-1922-committee-2019-3/
