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Title: END GAME Cabinet abandons isolated Theresa May as Brexiteers plot to kick her out TODAY
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URL Source: https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/brexi ... -to-topple-her-launched-today/
Published: May 22, 2019
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Post Date: 2019-05-22 10:58:57 by Horse
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DESPERATE Theresa May was today abandoned by the Cabinet and clung to power by a thread as MPs demanded that she step down within hours. The PM faces mounting fury from her own party after she gave the Commons a chance to vote on a second Brexit referendum. Plotting ministers stayed away from Prime Minister's Questions and held a meeting to discuss Mrs May's future instead. Brexiteers are rumoured to be planning a final showdown with the PM later today, telling her it's time to step down. As Mrs May faces her final battle: Tory grandees threaten to change party rules so the leader can be removed immediately Fed-up backbenchers said she should go now and leave Brexit to her successor The PM's DUP allies warned she is leaving Britain at the mercy of the EU Even Mrs May's most loyal MPs said she should scrap the planned vote on her deal This morning she wrote to Jeremy Corbyn to beg him to back her and deliver Brexit Mrs May begged MPs in the Commons today to get behind her, saying it was the duty of all MPs to make decisions, not duck them. "If Parliament passes the bill before the summer recess, the UK will leave the EU by the end of July," she said. "By any definition, that alone is delivering Brexit - and by leaving with a deal, we can do so much more besides." Cabinet ministers met this morning in the so-called "Pizza club" to discuss what to do next - and several of them didn't show up to support her in today's PMQs. If Parliament passes the bill before the summer recess, the UK will leave the EU by the end of July Theresa May She said she was being attacked by MPs who had told her she had not compromised enough, and others saying she'd compromised too much, and joked she was "looking forward" to voting for a fourth time to deliver Brexit. "At some stage we have to some together and decide how to deliver Brexit and what people asked us to do," she stressed. She was jeered by Labour MPs as she again outlined her 10-point offer to them. But Top Tory Nicky Morgan warned that she should consider pulling the bill as there isn't enough support for it. She told the Commons: "The consequences of it not being passed are very serious." DUP's Nigel Dodds said that Britain were still at the mercy of the EU who could keep us in the customs union indefinitely. When asked what happens if bill fails, Mrs May said: "If this House chooses not to take this bill forwards then it is facing itself with a choice of whether it wants No Deal or no Brexit." BOJO BLAST Boris Johnson led the charge of Tories slamming the PM's new proposal to finally get us out of the EU, saying it's not what the British people voted for. The ex-Foreign Secretary, who reluctantly backed the deal last time around after repeatedly opposing it, said the ideas were directly against Tory manifesto promises and "I will not vote for it." He said on Twitter last night: "We can and must do better - and deliver what the people voted for." Fellow Tory leadership rival Dominic Raab joined him too, adding that he "cannot support legislation that would be the vehicle for a second referendum or customs union." Mrs May's 10-point offer included promises to Labour on holding a vote on a second referendum and staying in a customs union, and attempts to woo Brexiteers with firmer guarantees on getting out of the hated Northern Irish backstop. But it was met with near unanimous rejection from all sides, leaving MPs in no doubt it would be rejected for the fourth time. The news comes as she faces a fresh coup today from backbenchers today. It's game over and it's about time the PM recognised that Tory MP Nigel Evans Brexiteer Nigel Evans told The Sun: “She has U-turned on absolutely everything. We cannot put up with this any longer. "I will be asking my colleagues tomorrow to agree to a rule change so we can hold an immediate confidence vote if Theresa is not prepared to stand down now." He added this morning: "It's game over and it's about time the PM recognised that." But just a few weeks ago the 1922 boss Sir Graham Brady has discussed changing the rules several times but have yet to act. Last week they decided to give the PM more time - allowing her until after she brings back the deal again before she is told to go. At the moment MPs can't vote again to oust her until December, but exasperated Tories want to kick her out now and leave Brexit to her successor. Jacob Rees-Mogg urged her to consider her position, saying this morning: "I hope the Prime Minister will look at the figures, look at the lack of support for her deal and recognise that, in truth, the PM does not command a majority in the House of Commons." Tim Loughton wrote a letter to Sir Graham Brady expressing his lack of confidence in the PM too. Brexiteer Owen Paterson added: "I very much hope for a coup against Theresa May. We need a new Prime Minister and new Cabinet." Ex-Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith told LBC Radio: "The key breaking point will be the Euros on Sunday and that's when I think we will see people step into action". He added in the Daily Telegraph: "The upshot is that Mrs May's legacy is now sure to be a poisonous one - a scorched earth of broken Brexit promises and a party battered by the aftermath. "Not so much a car crash as a multiple pile-up on a three-year road to nowhere." The final YouGov poll before Brits go to the polls tomorrow showed the Tories in fifth place on just seven percent - with the Brexit Party storming ahead on 37 per cent. Boris has said he can't support the PM's new deal. The PM said she will bring it back to the Commons in the first week of June, but today Michael Gove hinted it could be pulled yet again. He told the BBC the Government would "reflect" on the course of action in the next few days - but insisted a vote HAD to be held. "I hope people will support a negotiated settlement that will take us out of the EU. "It's important we take a bit of time and step back... reflect on the broader picture... and consider what the options are. "The right thing is to honour the British people’s decision to leave." 
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