Theresa May has fought off a bid to topple her as prime minister, winning a Tory vote of confidence by 200 votes to 117. The margin of victory underscored the scale of Tory MPs’ anger at her Brexit plans, seen as compromise on trade and other rights in an attempt to find an agreement with Brussels. And one Cabinet minister said that the prospect of a ‘no deal’ Brexit was so severe that May may be forced to revoke Article 50, the formal process of leaving the 28-nation bloc. Her confidence vote victory came just three hours after she had made a final pitch to all 317 of her Tory MPs, in a packed committee room of the Commons. Europe remains a deeply divisive issue for the Tory party, nearly 30 years after Margaret Thatcher was ousted from power.

Source: Huffington Post December 12, 2018 21:00 UTC