The prime minister is being pressed to trigger the shake-up immediately after the latest round of Brexit talks with EU leaders later this month. It comes in the wake of an attempt by former Tory chairman, Grant Shapps, to garner support for May’s removal. Johnson and David Davis, the Brexit secretary, are seen as the most likely leaders should May go early. Really, she needs to consider her position.”Last night, two Conservative MEPs who voted to block progress in Britain’s Brexit talks were stripped of the party’s whip. Julie Girling, who represents South West England and Gibraltar, and Richard Ashworth, the MEP for South East England, were suspended after supporting a resolution in Strasbourg to block Brexit talks moving forward.

Source: The Guardian October 07, 2017 20:30 UTC