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UK Conservatives to demand clear departure schedule from PM May [View all]
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS APRIL 24, 2019 / 12:33 PM / UPDATED 32 MINUTES AGO
UK Conservatives to demand clear departure schedule from PM May
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Conservative Party will demand a clear timetable for Prime Minister Theresa May’s departure but will not change the rules governing leadership challenges, the chair of the party’s influential 1922 Committee said on Wednesday.
May survived a confidence vote in December and under the party’s rules cannot be challenged again for 12 months. But many of the party’s lawmakers and members have become increasingly frustrated over her handling of Brexit and have called for a way to force her out sooner.
The executive of the so-called 1922 Committee, which groups Conservative lawmakers, met on Tuesday and then again on Wednesday to discuss whether to change the leadership rules.
“We determined there should not be a rule change to remove the 12 month period of grace during which a second confidence vote cannot be held,” Graham Brady, the committee’s chair, told reporters after the meeting.
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UK Conservatives to demand clear departure schedule from PM May
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain’s Conservative Party will demand a clear timetable for Prime Minister Theresa May’s departure but will not change the rules governing leadership challenges, the chair of the party’s influential 1922 Committee said on Wednesday.
May survived a confidence vote in December and under the party’s rules cannot be challenged again for 12 months. But many of the party’s lawmakers and members have become increasingly frustrated over her handling of Brexit and have called for a way to force her out sooner.
The executive of the so-called 1922 Committee, which groups Conservative lawmakers, met on Tuesday and then again on Wednesday to discuss whether to change the leadership rules.
“We determined there should not be a rule change to remove the 12 month period of grace during which a second confidence vote cannot be held,” Graham Brady, the committee’s chair, told reporters after the meeting.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-eu-conservatives/uk-conservatives-to-demand-clear-departure-schedule-from-pm-may-idUSKCN1S026K
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