Source: NBC News
LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May has a lot of explaining to do.
On Thursday, she is pleading with European leaders for a short delay in the March 29 deadline for Britain to leave the European Union. But after an extraordinary televised address late Wednesday, it is even less likely she can deliver the votes to pass the withdrawal agreement her government negotiated.
May cannot even count on her own bitterly divided Conservative Party colleagues, some of whom are calling for her to step down.
Frustration from across the political spectrum has now erupted into open fury.
Labour Party lawmaker Lisa Nandy, who indicated Wednesday that she might vote in favor of the prime minister’s deal when it next came before Parliament, on Thursday described May’s comments as “disgraceful.”
“Pitting Parliament against the people in the current environment is dangerous and reckless,” Nandy
James Gray, a Conservative, called on May to stand down after the vote, which is now expected early next week.
“Why on earth does she want to stay on?” he told NBC’s British partner, Channel 4 News. “She’s the least popular prime minister in the history of prime ministers. Why on earth does she want to stay here? Time she went.”
Others have accused May…
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