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Brexit: Calls grow for Theresa May to resign in bill backlash (UK)
BBC ^ | May 22 | Staff

Posted on 05/22/2019 8:45:21 AM PDT by PghBaldy

The prime minister is facing calls to resign amid a backlash against her Brexit plan from Conservative MPs.

There have been growing calls for her to quit from her own MPs unhappy with the compromises she has set out in her Withdrawal Agreement Bill.

Several cabinet ministers have told the BBC that Mrs May cannot stay on, while others insisted she must present her plan to the Commons.

The PM told the Commons there needed to be "compromise on all sides".

The BBC's political editor Laura Kuenssberg also said the so-called "Pizza Club" of Brexiteer cabinet members have been meeting while Mrs May was answering questions in the House - a move she described as "a bad omen for the PM".

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: brexit; may; theresamay; uk
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Rumor is she will resign tonight

4:45 PM Wednesday, May 22, 2019 (GMT+1) Time in London, UK

1 posted on 05/22/2019 8:45:21 AM PDT by PghBaldy
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To: PghBaldy

Resignation is not enough.
Seppuku is in order.


2 posted on 05/22/2019 8:48:18 AM PDT by MrEdd (Caveat Emptor)
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To: PghBaldy

What ‘compromise’? The people voted - that should have ended the issue.


3 posted on 05/22/2019 8:49:59 AM PDT by GOPJ (The Clinton Effect created the tackiest white-trash 'elites' the world has ever seen-squatting in DC)
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To: PghBaldy

Surrender, Theresa


4 posted on 05/22/2019 8:50:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PghBaldy

She can read the writing on the wall.
This weekend could be the biggest political event since Rome moved away from being a Republic in 27BC

Memorial Day weekend:
When The People decided they no longer need the Political Elite.


5 posted on 05/22/2019 8:50:35 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: PghBaldy

She’s been utterly dreadful.


6 posted on 05/22/2019 8:52:16 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Zathras

And POTUS due in town next week.
Enjoy the Show!


7 posted on 05/22/2019 8:52:58 AM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: PghBaldy

The Jeb Bush of Britain


8 posted on 05/22/2019 8:54:41 AM PDT by Rocko Jack
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

And I thought Gordon Brown was bad.


9 posted on 05/22/2019 8:57:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dfwgator

Yep.


10 posted on 05/22/2019 9:00:48 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: PghBaldy

More detail in live blog https://www.bbc.com/news/live/uk-politics-parliaments-48339091


11 posted on 05/22/2019 9:01:14 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Rocko Jack

Or the Carly Fiorina of Britain.


12 posted on 05/22/2019 9:03:33 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: KC_Lion

Ping.


13 posted on 05/22/2019 9:11:28 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Rocko Jack

“Please clap.”


14 posted on 05/22/2019 9:12:28 AM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: PghBaldy

That was the end goal of the left: getting rid of what they call “conservatives.”


15 posted on 05/22/2019 9:13:15 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Islam, not a religion, a totalitarian political ideology aiming for world domination. -Wilders)
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To: I want the USA back

They put a staunch remainer in charge of Implementing Brexit what did they think would happen?


16 posted on 05/22/2019 9:16:01 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: gibsonguy

Even Corbyn is more of a fan of Brexit than May.


17 posted on 05/22/2019 9:16:28 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: PghBaldy

I no longer set my clock to news of her exit.


18 posted on 05/22/2019 9:18:51 AM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: PghBaldy

She’s a disgrace. The sooner she leaves, the better for all.


19 posted on 05/22/2019 10:45:10 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: PghBaldy
Glenn Campbell ‏ Verified account

@GlennBBC 48m48 minutes ago

More Hearing deliberations in number 10 are between

@theresa_may going TONIGHT or on FRIDAY.

One senior Conservative source suggests May’s team

currently favour Friday, after EU elections.

Not certain 1922 Committee prepared to accept that...

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20 posted on 05/22/2019 10:56:33 AM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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