Theresa May told she has 72 hours to save her job
UK PM Theresa May is warned she has 72 hours to save her job as she is told to 'bring her own noose' to a 'show trial' - but her Brexit Secretary laughs off empty threats and insists she's 'hanging by a pretty strong thread'
By : migrator
Update: 2018-10-21 12:08 GMT
London
Hostile Tories claim she has just 72 hours to secure her position ahead of a party meeting where Mrs May is expected to make a speech.
Friends of David Davis are believed to be plotting to overthrow the PM and replace her with the former Brexit Secretary, who would serve as interim leader to take us out of the EU.
Mrs May is likely to speak to the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs when they meet on Wednesday.
She will make a bid to convince the party she can strike a Brexit deal - and stay in No10 beyond the spring.
One ally of Mr Davis told the Sunday Times the PM is in "the killing zone", while another MP added: "Assassination is in the air."
A Brexiteer told the Mail on Sunday: "She should bring her own noose to the ’22.
"Short of an uncharacteristically powerful, persuasive and coherent performance, then I think her time will be up."
Andrew Bridgen, one of Mrs May's fiercest critics, said: "This week Theresa May will find that she is drinking in the last chance saloon and the bad news for her is that the bar is already dry."
The PM's former deputy Damian Green admitted he is "filled with foreboding" at the prospect of a leadership challenge.
Jacob Rees-Mogg, who chairs the pro-Brexit European Research Group, has urged his allies not to bring down Mrs May and to concentrate on blocking her Chequers plan.
Responding to reports that 1922 Committee boss Graham Brady has received nearly enough letters from MPs to trigger a leadership vote, Mr Rees-Mogg said: "If you have put a letter in, please take it out. If you are thinking of putting a letter in, please don’t."
Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab told the BBC today: "Now is the time to play for the team."
And leading moderate Robert Halfon warned his colleagues that replacing the Prime Minister wouldn't be enough to solve the Tories' "serious image problem".
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