Finally, Will She Be Gone..?

[webbo3]

It looks like they've finally had enough of her mishandling of the Brexit negotiations.

https://news.sky.com/story/pm-drinking-in-last-chance-saloon-mps-say-11531337

https://news.sky.com/story/live-under-pressure-may-drinking-in-the-last-chance-saloon-11531416


hopefully the sooner the better

[Jackdaw33]

I agree. What a disappointment she has turned out to be. It was hoped that she would be Maggie Mk II. No way.

[ichkeria]

Even if a leadership challenge was started, it would have to start with a vote of confidence, which the PM would win.
My advice is, if you want to kill Brexit stone dead, change the PM now :-)

[jim360]

The last thing we need right now is yet more Tory infighting. If they wanted May gone, they should have done it last year.

[fiction-factory]

It would be a disaster for Brexit. The likely result would be a period of chaos, a change of government and no departure from the EU

[ichkeria]

Indeed

[fiction-factory]

The Remainers would be delighted if May were to lose a leadership re-election.

[Zacs-Master]

This one wouldn’t.

[ichkeria]

Nor me. There wouldn’t be an election by the way. Somehow the fantasists think they can parachute in the likes of David Davis and everything would be ok. David Davis was one reason we’re in the state we are now. And can you imagine for one second that it could cone about?

[jim360]

If May had gone last year I'd have been grateful (depending on who'd replaced her, of course). But she didn't. We have five months to go until the self-imposed deadline, and wasting any time of that on a leadership battle would be utter stupidity.

[Zacs-Master]

Its not a self imposed deadline, Jim. It’s standard article 50 procedure.

[jim360]

It's self-imposed in the sense that she signed the Article 50 notification long before we were even remotely ready to leave. So yeah, self-imposed.

[fiction-factory]

But if May were to go I can't see a scenario in which we would ditch all the negotiations so far and still leave on time- so we would remain. But i can't see a consensus being reached on any leader- there would remain huge divisions in teh governemnt and in parliament on brexit

[Zacs-Master]

Jim, we’re still not remotely ready. When do you think the process should have been triggered?

[Zacs-Master]

If May were to go, I can’t see anyone wanting to take on the role of PM until Brexit is concluded. Which is exactly why we’ve ended up with someone as ineffectual as her.

[dannyk13]

Her MP's have given her till Wednesday to ditch her plan for an extension of the transition period.If she doesn't then I think that there will be a vote of no confidence.

[Zacs-Master]

Maybe it’s all part of the big plan to prevent the exit! Da da daaaaaaa.

[jim360]

ZM: good question, no idea, but it would have made more sense to give A50 notification after proper preparation, rather than before. As to how long that would take... don't know.

[dannyk13]

I can't see why May going would affect Brexit.Dominic Raab would hold the fort until a new leader was elected.

[Zacs-Master]

I don’t think any significant delay in triggering the A50 process would have gone down well with leave voters, or Conservative voters. Cameron promised a quick triggering and I think May had to follow suit.

[Zacs-Master]

danny, I’m pretty sure Barnier and his cronies would use a ‘headless’ situation as an excuse to prevaricate.