British Prime Minister Theresa May fights for political survival as two top aides resign.
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s two top aides resigned Saturday in the latest fallout from the election that was supposed to be an easy victory for the Conservative Party but ended up being a huge disaster. Chiefs of staff Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill resigned shortly after Conservative members of parliament said failure to get rid of May’s two close aides could spark an immediate fight for leadership of the party. When May called for the snap election, it was supposed to be a way for her party to gain on its majority and trounce a supposedly weak Labour Party. Instead, the election ended up wiping out the Conservative majority. May’s party won 318 seats, short of the 326 needed for a majority and far less than the 331 it had won only two years ago.
Support for May within the party ranks plunged after the election results and now lots of party members are calling on her to step down. It doesn’t seem a move in that direction is imminent though because Tory leaders know they have a lot to lose. Senior party members have privately talked of the need to get rid of May but have largely agreed to keep her on for six months out of fear that an internal leadership battle could help out Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, according to the Sun. The conservative media outlets that had cheered May on during the campaign also were quick to read the new mood on Saturday. May is now “fatally wounded” according to the Times of London. “If she does not realize this it is another grave misjudgment,” the paper wrote. “More likely, she is steeling herself to provide what continuity she can as her party girds itself for an election to replace her.”
Advertisement Advertisement Advertisement AdvertisementThere is also unease within Conservative ranks about May’s efforts to court a small Northern Irish party to get the majority she needs to govern. The Democratic Unionist Party is a socially conservative, pro-British party known for opposing abortion and marriage equality.
The European Union, meanwhile, is showing little sympathy for May’s plight to hold her government together and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there was no reason to give the country a grace period to begin negotiations. For now analysts agree that the election that was supposed to strengthen May’s hands for negotiations with European leaders did the exact opposite and now chances increase that Britain will leave the EU without a deal in 2019.
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