May takes swipe at Tory critics ahead of ‘critical’ week for Brexit

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>Theresa May took a swipe at Tory rivals in the UK threatening to unseat her as party leader as she warned the next seven days would be &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;critical” to achieving a successful Brexit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The British Prime Minister warned that a change of leadership would not make it easier to get a deal past parliament or the EU&comma; after furious Brexiteer backbenchers started moves to remove her&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She told Sky’s Ridge On Sunday that as far as she knew the 48-letter threshold for letters of no confidence needed to start a leadership battle had yet to be reached&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In a message to those plotting her downfall&comma; including members of the European Research Group of Eurosceptic MPs&comma; she said she had not considered quitting&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>She added&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;A change of leadership at this point isn’t going to make the negotiations any easier and it isn’t going to change the parliamentary arithmetic&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What it will do is bring in a degree of uncertainty&period; That is uncertainty for people and their jobs&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;What it will do is mean that it is a risk that we delay the negotiations and that is a risk that Brexit gets delayed or frustrated&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mrs May’s interview came after Britain&&num;8217&semi;s former Brexit secretary Dominic Raab&comma; whose resignation last week was a key point in one of her most brutal weeks as Prime Minister&comma; suggested she had failed to stand up to a bullying European Union&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There were also continuing reports of a plan by senior Cabinet ministers who remain in Government to try to alter the withdrawal agreement at the 11th hour&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asked about this&comma; Mrs May said that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;there is indeed more negotiation taking place and nothing is agreed until everything is agreed”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Asked if she had considered stepping down she said&colon; <em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No I haven’t&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Of course it has been a tough week&comma; actually these negotiations have been tough right from the start&comma; but they were always going to get even more difficult right toward the end when we are coming to that conclusion&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ece7e56007e">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ece7e56007e'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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