UPDATED: Foreign Secretary insists May’s resignation not imminent
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UK Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that he expects Theresa May to still be Prime Minister during US President Trump’s visit in June.
When asked whether he expects May to greet Trump as Prime Minister in early June, Hunt said: “Theresa May will be there to welcome him and rightly so.”
Hunt made the comments at a press briefing with NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg, where the pair were discussing the threat of cyber warfare.
May is facing increasing pressure to resign from her position, by political figures from all parties.
handout photo made available by the UK Parliament shows British Prime Minister Theresa May (C) addressing members of Parliament during Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) at the House of Commons in central London, Britain, 22 May 2019. EPA-EFE/MARK DUFFY / UK PARLIAMENT JESSICA TAYLOR
May faced yet another blow Wednesday evening after Leader of the House Andrea Leadsom resigned from her post, citing May’s handling of Brexit as the cause.
May had announced a new Brexit plan which included a vote on whether to hold a second Brexit referendum Tuesday, which caused a widespread outcry among MPs within her own party, with many former supporters expressing their concern.
In the meantime, The Independent reports that Theresa May is thought to be on the brink of resignation as she faces a growing cabinet revolt over her Brexit plan and humiliation for the Conservative Party in today’s European elections.
The prime minister is expected to announce a departure plan on Friday after failing to quell a ministerial mutiny over her revised EU withdrawal agreement.
It comes as both the Tories and Labour face a drubbing in European parliament elections, with the Liberal Democrats and the Brexit Party set to capitalise.
