Blood in the Water: PM May Stumbles, Tory Leadership Hopefuls Circle

As Theresa May’s premiership approaches what could be its final act, would-be successors are setting out their stalls for an alternative government. With little time left for Theresa May to delay the “meaningful vote” on the “worst deal in history” she has negotiated with the European Union planned for Tuesday, over 100 Tory backbenchers — Remainers as well as Leavers — have joined opposition MPs and the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) which has hitherto provided her minority government with a parliamentary majority in pledging to vote it down. -- More...