LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Theresa May should step down immediately after negotiating a temporary extension to Britains European Union membership, the Daily Telegraph newspaper said in its Saturday edition.
FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May answers questions in the Parliament in London, Britain, March 27, 2019 in this screen grab taken from video. Reuters TV via REUTERS
Lawmakers rejected Mays Brexit plans for a third time on Friday, leaving Britains withdrawal from the EU in turmoil on the very day it had been supposed to quit the bloc.
“She must now see – or must be told – that while she can meet with the EU to negotiate an extension for Brexit, that is the natural end of the road. She must then bow out, for the sake of Brexit, for her party and for democracy itself,” the newspaper said in an editorial column.
The Telegraph has traditionally been seen as the preferred newspaper of members of Mays Conservative Party.
On Wednesday May told Conservative lawmakers that she would resign as leader if parliament approved her Brexit deal, which would take Britain out of the EU and pave the way for talks on a future trade agreement.
However, the prospect of a new prime minister to lead the next stage of Brexit negotiations was insufficient to win over lawmakers on Friday, some of whom fear her deal would leave Britain tied to the EU if future trade talks collapse.
May, who survived a leadership challenge in December, hinted in parliament on Friday that she might need to call a national election to win a majority for Brexit legislation.
“The prospect of Mrs May … triggering an election and leading the Tories to a triple-figure majority, is surreal,Read More
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