"The big question is whether MPs who don't like Boris Johnson will block him from getting through to the final two candidates. "I don't see how you get out of that position without a general election or a second referendum. "It is now clear to me that it is in the best interest of the UK for a new PM to lead that effort," she said.A leadership contest will begin the week after Mrs May resigns. "Leaving the EU with no deal would be absolutely disastrous. Theresa May confirms resignation: The embattled Prime Minister will quit as party leader on June 7, she said on the doorstep of 10 Downing Street on Friday. BBC political correspondent Chris Mason said Boris Johnson, speaking about his Brexit stance from a conference in Switzerland this afternoon, said: "We will leave the EU on October 31, deal or no deal. "I think that's probably quite a good outcome for the party", he says.She said Theresa May had discovered that “when you try to bouncethe DUP it simply doesn’t work”. "Britain is in a state of paralysis," says the veteran Conservative politician Lord HeseltineFormer Conservative party chairman Grant Shapps says he thinks the contest to replace the PM will be between someone who voted Remain and someone who voted Leave.EU leaders would bolster her position when things got tough - a photo-op here, some complimentary words there.
Theresa May is right to resign. And they were amazed at her regular misreading of her own party and parliament.Kate Whannel, Paul Seddon, Francesca Gillett, Hamish Mackay, Alex Therrien and Matt CannonToday, the Liberal Democrats have opened nominations for a new party leader after incumbent Sir Vince Cable confirmed he would be stepping down on 23 July.EU Brexit negotiators have been war-gaming potential replacements for weeks and the scenario that seems to have been considered most seriously is a Prime Minister Boris Johnson asking for changes to the backstop that cannot be granted, and then blaming the EU. But what does it mean for Brexit? She's now accepted what the country's known for months: she can't govern, and nor can her divided and disintegrating party. She's now accepted what the country's known for months: she can't govern, and nor can her divided and disintegrating party.
"A lot could depend on who succeeds Mrs May.In late March, after her deal was overwhelmingly voted down twice in Parliament, Mrs May promised Conservative lawmakers she would quit if they supported her Brexit deal.Others touted for the role supported Remain in the 2016 referendum - some are opposed to no-deal Brexit, and open to the UK being more closely tied to the EU after it leaves.Mrs May won the vote, and party rules prevented her opponents from launching another no confidence vote for a year. "The other members seem to be spread along the spectrum - but they are definitely to the right of Conservative MPs.DUP leader Arlene Foster has told BBC Northern Irelandshe hopes the next Conservative leader has “an understanding of what makes theDUP tick”. It is a new cliff edge.The leader of Sinn Féin has reacted to Theresa May's resignation.The UK is due to leave the EU on 31 October.Mrs Foster dismissed suggestions that signing up to arenewed agreement would damage the prospect of restoring devolution in NorthernIreland.Attention has now turned to who will replace her, with Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt today becoming the latest MP to indicate he would stand.
It’s the law.Carolyn Fairbairn, the director general of the Confederation of British Industry, has told Sky News that a no-deal Brexit has "never felt more likely".Although the party has refused to be drawn on who it wouldback as the next PM, Mrs Foster said the DUP would be “listening carefully” toleadership pitches in relation to how they view the Irish border backstop.The Institute for Government's Bronwen Maddox says there are roughly 124,000 members of the Conservative Party - the people who are likely to have the final say over who the next leader will be.The EU establishment, like everyone, marvelled at Theresa May's amazing ability to stay standing.Sir Vince said he would be handing over the reins to his successor on 23 July.The Conservative Party hopes a new leader could be in place by the end of July.He says Mr Johnson "looks a lot more serious as a candidate" than after the Brexit referendum in 2016. She’s a goodwoman. Theresa May 's days in Downing Street are coming to a rapid end.