Furious Tory MPs tell May: we’ll block snap Brexit election

Cabinet ministers join warning on poll as Amber Rudd leads bid to halt shift to the right

Conservative MPs from across the party are threatening to vote down any attempt by Theresa May to lead them into a snap election, warning it would split the Tories and exacerbate the Brexit crisis.

In a sign of the collapse in authority suffered by the prime minister, cabinet ministers are among those warning that there will be a serious campaign by Conservative MPs to vote against an election headed by May, a move she hinted at last week to break the Brexit deadlock.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2HQvSp3