May Clings To Power Amid Brexit Resignation Turmoil
Faizan Hashmi Published July 10, 2018 | 01:15 PM
London, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 10th Jul, 2018 ) :British Prime Minister Theresa May chairs a meeting of her new-look cabinet on Tuesday as she clings to power following the resignation of her foreign and Brexit ministers in protest at her strategy for leaving the European Union.
May has faced a backlash over the plan from Brexit hardliners in her Conservative Party who say it gives too many concessions to the EU, but she has support from moderates and there has been no challenge to her leadership.
Former foreign minister Boris Johnson, who wrote in his resignation letter that the Brexit "dream is dying" and that Britain was headed for the "status of colony" of the EU under May's leadership, is seen as a potential challenger.
Johnson's dramatic resignation on Monday just hours after Brexit minister David Davis quit late on Sunday plunged the value of the pound on Currency markets.
The gaffe-prone Johnson was quickly replaced by 51-year-old former health minister Jeremy Hunt, who unlike Johnson supported staying in the European Union in the 2016 referendum.
Dominic Raab, a Brexit supporter and former housing minister, was appointed to replace Davis only days before negotiations in Brussels are due to resume next week.
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