Theresa May vote of no confidence

[Derec]

May won the vote by a wide margin (200-117). So now what?

This was just a Tory caucus leadership vote, not the real thing. Labour could call for a parliamentary no confidence vote which May would likely lose given the thin margin her coalition holds and the number of MPs in her own party who lack confidence in her.

 

[EvoUK]

1/3 of her government want her out. Hardly a resounding victory.

This one nearly slipped under the radar: Tories reinstate MPs suspended over sex allegations for confidence vote

Two Conservative MPs who had the party whip removed after being accused of sexually inappropriate conduct will be allowed to vote in Wednesday’s crucial ballot to decide whether to sack Theresa May.

Andrew Griffiths, the prime minister’s former chief of staff and the MP for Burton and Uttoxeter, and Charlie Elphicke, a Brexiter and the MP for Dover and Deal, were both registered on Wednesday as eligible voters, party sources confirmed.

The idea of a supposedly strong female role model reinstating sex pests to ensure she can squeak through a parliamentary majority is so ironic I can't be bothered to make a joke out of it.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

What I can't stand is that May didn't want Brexit. Brexit wins and then the Brexit proponents start walking their claims back. She inherits the leadership after the PM quits and moves forward with it. The Brexit'ers start whining and not helping with the actual negotiations. Despite all of this, from all things considered, the deal is probably as good as the UK could ever expect, from a self-inflicted hammer shot to the groin.

So her own party tries to fire her.

Meanwhile the Labor Party has become uber EU friendly despite not liking the EU much at all.

British politics has become a complete mess.