Theresa May stalls for more time to deliver Brexit by refusing to detail when she’ll quit
The PM dismissed a demand from MPs to lay out a firm timetable for her to resign
THERESA May stalled for more time to deliver Brexit last night by initially refusing a demand from MPs to lay out a timetable to go.
The 1922 Committee issued the request of the PM on Wednesday, after blocking a new Brexiteer bid to oust her now.
The Conservative grandees made it clear that Mrs May must stand down by the autumn at the latest, whether Britain had left the EU or not.
Grilled on what he response was to the demand, the PM told ITV News: “Of course I listen to the party.
“What many in the party say to me, which is what I hear from a lot of people on the doorstep, is they want us to focus on delivering Brexit.
“That’s what I’m focused on doing.”
The race to succeed her continued to intensify yesterday as a leading contender, Jeremy Hunt, insisted the next Tory leader doesn’t need to have voted for Brexit.
The Foreign Secretary voted Remain in the 2016 referendum but backs Leave now.
In his strongest hint yet that he will run for the nation’s top job, Mr Hunt said: “It’s got to be someone who believes in Brexit”.
Mr Hunt also said “wait and see” to questions whether he’d try to succeed Mrs May, adding: “It’s not the time to be talking about Prime Minister Hunt”.
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