People in the United Kingdom stage rallies for and against Brexit as Prime Minister Theresa May postpones a parliamentary vote on her EU divorce deal. British Prime Minister Theresa May was on Wednesday to face a vote of no-confidence by MPs in her party over her handling of negotiations with the European Union about Britain’s exit from the bloc. The head of a Conservative Party committee in charge of organizing no-confidence motions in the party leadership said he had collected the 48 letters of lawmakers necessary to trigger the vote. “The threshold of 15% of the parliamentary party seeking a vote of confidence in the leader of the Conservative Party has been exceeded,” Graham Brady, head of the 1922 Committee, said in a statement.
“In accordance with the rules, a ballot will be held between 1800 and 2000 (GMT) on Wednesday 12th December,” he added. “The votes will be counted immediately afterwards and an announcement will be made as soon as possible in the evening.” A wing of the most ardent critics of the European Union in May’s party have been collecting letters calling on her to resign for some months. But May’s decision on Monday to postpone a parliamentary vote on her draft withdrawal agreement with the European Union that she was certain to lose sparked anger among many MPs. Several past members of May’s government — including former Foreign Minister Boris Johnson — have had their eyes on the post of prime minister. If May survives the motion, no second one can be taken by party members for another year. Several top members of her Cabinet quickly rallied to her support.
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