The prime minister has found her authority weakened after a series of setbacks in Parliament and her inability to win meaningful concessions from EU leaders. 9News
Mrs May was ensconced in a crisis meeting at her country residence Chequers with fellow Conservatives and outspoken Brexit advocates like Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and others who would prefer to leave the European Union without a divorce deal rather than delay Britain's departure from the bloc further.
Despite headlines about a Cabinet coup, there was no indication from Downing Street that a resignation was near. Two of the people mentioned as possible successors – Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington and Treasury chief Philip Hammond – expressed strong support for Mrs May.He said a change of leadership would not provide a solution to the UK's political deadlock on Brexit.
Still, Mrs May thus far has been unable to generate enough support in Parliament for the deal her government and the EU reached late last year. Lawmakers voted down the Brexit plan twice, and Mrs May has raised the possibility of bringing it back a third time if enough legislators appear willing to switch their votes.
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