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Offline TomSea

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This is being called a "Cabinet Coup" (- Financial Times who have a paywall)  in the making right now. I'm not to familiar with such matters but it does seem important.

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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet moves to oust her over Brexit chaos: report
 Alistair Smout
Reuters

British Prime Minister Theresa May’s top ministers are moving to oust her within days, The Sunday Times reported, as her Brexit strategy lay in tatters just weeks before the United Kingdom was due to leave the European Union.

If May is toppled, Brexit would be thrust into doubt. It is unclear how, when and even if the United Kingdom will leave the EU.

May, who voted to stay in the EU and won the top job in the chaos following the 2016 referendum, had vowed to deliver Brexit but she undermined her premiership with a botched snap election in 2017 which cost her party its parliamentary majority.

Read more at: https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-uk-prime-minister-theresa-mays-cabinet-moves-to-oust-her-over/

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BREAKING NEWS: “A full blown cabinet coup is under way tonight to remove U.K. PM Theresa May” a reporter from U.K. outlet ‘The Sun’ is reporting, adding that cabinet ministers are planning to confront May on Monday, to try and replace her w/ someone who wants to ‘deliver BREXIT’

https://twitter.com/BreakingNLive/status/1109567650848489473

Then, they go on to say they mean "The Sunday Times", not "the SUn".  I'm sure, the former is more prestigious.