“I stand ready to finish the job.”The no-confidence vote involves only Conservative Party lawmakers and not the entire Parliament. If she is toppled as party leader, replacing the prime minister could take weeks. Brady told the BBC that he informed the prime minister on Tuesday night that the threshold of 48 letters had been reached. If multiple candidates throw their hats in the ring, then Conservative lawmakers vote, with the candidate receiving the fewest votes removed. When David Cameron resigned as prime minister the morning after Britain’s 2016 Brexit referendum, he stayed on as caretaker prime minister for three weeks until May replaced him in July 2016.

Source: Washington Post December 12, 2018 08:02 UTC