[McGavin999]

Does this force an election or does the communist become PM

[Dog]

I think when she goes it will be her party who picks a new PM...QUESTION IS who makes the first move to taken her down...watch for it.

[jjotto]

Michael Gove, Environment Secretary, will challenge Boris Johnson for leadership. There may be another challenger or two as a kind of compromise. Calling an election seems very unlikely.

[ichabod1]

I think if enough leave then it causes a no confidence vote and the government falls. Then the party choose a new leader. Then they have a general election against the other party - all seats up for grabs. The party that win the majority have their leader ascend to PM. Public never votes directly for a PM. Oh, and it’s also been suggested that the libs could pull a switcheroo and get rid of Corbyn and put the islamo-bolshie Salman Khan in the driver’s seat.

[canuck_conservative]

Does this force an election or does the communist become PM

In a Westminster Parliamentary Democracy (like in the UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, etc), we don't actually vote for the Prime Minister; that's the leader of whichever party gets the most MPs elected. As soon as that leader/PM "loses the confidence" of his party's caucus, the party usually changes its leader (and PM) internally, without an election.

So if enough Tory MPs get scared enough by the polls, they can get rid of Theresa May and put in somebody else without Jeremy Corbyn even getting a sniff at the PM's office.

[Winniesboy]

Neither