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British Prime Minister Theresa May, center, arrives for a round table meeting at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gathered Thursday for a two-day summit which will center on the Brexit negotiations. At right is French President Emmanuel Macron greeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)

EU ignores May’s desperate plea

Theresa May has been humiliatingly slapped down by the EU, which ignored her pleas for help in her Brexit deal.

JACQUELIN MAGNAY

Inquirer

A sculpture depicting Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May stands opposite Parliament as the protest against Brexit continuous in London, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Brexit brings out the worst

Australia will return to normalcy if someone who is actually good at the job becomes PM. Britain will not.

HELEN DALE

British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives 10 Downing Street for Prime Minister's Questions, in London, Wednesday Dec. 12, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May battled on Wednesday to save her job, her EU divorce bill and maybe even Brexit itself as lawmakers in her Conservative Party held a no-confidence vote on her leadership. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

May can’t count on EU Brexit lifeline

European commissions will step up preparations in case the UK crashes out of the EU next March without a deal.

British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote of her Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party and country (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

‘Please don’t dump me yet’

Theresa May promised her party she would quit as Tory leader before the next election in a desperate plea to save her job.

WORLD COMMENTARYWorld Commentary

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street in central London after winning a confidence vote on December 12, 2018. (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

Pressure of time might be the Prime Minister’s only real friend

Theresa May won her party’s confidence vote, but her chances of winning a parliamentary vote for her Brexit deal are remote.

commentThe World

Front Pages of UK papers on December 13, 2018, Theresa May.

Walking dead has nowhere to run

Theresa May’s prime ministership has come to resemble an episode of Fear the Walking Dead.

Greg Sheridan

Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg speaks to the media next to Parliament in central London after Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May won a confidence vote on December 12, 2018. (Photo by Niklas HALLE'N / AFP)

May will ‘bleed out slowly’

Brexiteers have vowed to continue their ‘trench warfare’ to force Theresa May from office.

commentWorld Commentary

A red London bus and black taxi cab pass through central London on December 11, 2018. - Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May faced sympathy but firm refusals on a desperate tour of European capitals on Tuesday, with EU leaders ruling out any renegotiation of the Brexit deal. A day after she postponed a crucial vote on the deal in the British parliament, May said she was meeting EU counterparts in an attempt to receive

Brexit uncertainty still reigns

Theresa May managed to cling on as the Brexit bus swerved off course but British business is now preparing for the worst.

Ticky Fullerton

CommentThe World

Is anyone even there?

Unable to decipher what the enigmatic Theresa May stands for, many MPs who support her are now exasperated and dismayed.

Matthew Parris

CommentThe World

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 12: (EDITOR'S NOTE: Alternative crop of image #1072218722) British Prime Minister Theresa May returns to Downing Street after the Confidence Vote in her leadership on December 12, 2018 in London, England. Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, has received the necessary 48 letters (15% of the parliamentary party) from Conservative MP's that will trigger a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Theresa May. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

This may be a Pyrrhic victory

Theresa May should look to Margaret Thatcher’s 1990 leadership win for a warning over how her own could end.

UK leadership ballotThe World

May: I’ve listened to rebel MPs

After winning leadership poll 200 to 117, Theresa May admits a ‘significant number’ voted against her but says she’ll assuage concerns.

Anti-brexit campaigners wave Union and EU flags outside the Houses of Parliament in central London on December 12, 2018. - British Prime Minister Theresa May vowed to fight

‘She’s listened and heard’

As they emerge from casting their vote on Theresa May’s leadership, Conservative MPs are commenting on the PM’s performance.

Anti-Brexit protesters wave flags outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)

How leadership ballot works

Theresa May faces leadership ballot because 15 percent of the Tory MPs submitted letters of no confidence> Here’s now the vote works.

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 12: Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement in Downing Street after it was announced that she will face a vote of no confidence, to take place tonight, on December 12, 2018 in London, England. Sir Graham Brady, the chairman of the 1922 Committee, has received the necessary 48 letters (15% of the parliamentary party) from Conservative MP's that will trigger a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

UK in crisis as May challenge on

Theresa May is facing a leadership contest amid the biggest Westminster political crisis since World War II.

CommentGreg Sheridan

stubborn May crippled by Brexit monster

It was right that Theresa May had her leadership challenged the crisis she faced is representative of the wider crisis in Western politics.

Greg Sheridan

commentOpinion

No quiet Christmas for May

It has taken almost two years, but the meek of the Conservative party have finally roared.

Lead contenders circle May

As Theresa May’s grip as PM slips, Boris Johnson and Sajid Javid have weighed in with their charm offensives, eyeing the top job.

Henry Zeffman

brexit chaosThe World

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (R) greets British Prime Minister Theresa May at the Chancellery in Berlin, on December 11, 2018, prior bilateral talks. - Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May launched a tour of European capitals on December 11, 2018 in a desperate bid to salvage her Brexit deal, a day after delaying a parliamentary vote on the text to avoid a crushing defeat. (Photo by John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

May deepens Britain’s crisis

The shambles of what are the remnants of a British government with next to no power has deteriorated into high farce.

commentGreg Sheridan

PARIS, FRANCE - DECEMBER 08: Protesters chant slogans during the 'yellow vests' demonstration on the Champs-ElysÃ©es near the Arc de Triomphe on December 8, 2018 in Paris France. ''Yellow Vests' ('Gilet Jaunes' or 'Vestes Jaunes') is a protest movement without political affiliation which was inspired by opposition to a new fuel tax. After a month of protests, which have wrecked parts of Paris and other French cities, there are fears the movement has been infiltrated by 'ultra-violent' protesters. Today's protest has involved at least 5,000 demonstrators gathering in the Parisian city centre with police having made over 200 arrests so far. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images)

From Macron to May, Europe’s politics broken From Macron to May, politics lies in ruins

Theresa May and Emmanuel Macron are two leaders in the midst of desperate crises, and in the process of disorderly and infamous retreats.

Greg Sheridan

STREWTHStrewth

The ace of mace

Parliamentary maces don’t get starring moments often enough

James Jeffrey

commentThe Times

Lloyd Russel-Moyle seizes the deremonial mac.e

Second vote is the only answer

As an MP seizes the ceremonial mace to show his contempt for the Brexit deal, another referendum is the only way out of the mess | WATCH

RACHEL SYLVESTER

Brexit explainerWall Street Journal

All options back on the table

Why the Irish backstop is the main sticking point to a Brexit deal; why it matters and what the alternatives are.

Linda Yueh

TOPSHOT - Protesters hold up placards and Union flags as they attend a pro-Brexit demonstration promoted by UKIP (United Kingdom Independence Party) in central London on December 9, 2018, as the crucial vote on the Brexit deal in the House of Commons looms. - Prime Minister Theresa May appears likely to lose a historic vote on the Brexit deal she has struck with EU leaders in a crucial parliament vote on Tuesday. Defeat in the House of Commons is almost certain to lead to either a no-confidence vote from the opposition or a leadership challenge from within her own Conservative Party. (Photo by Adrian DENNIS / AFP)

May forced to delay Brexit vote

Theresa May has recognised the political catastrophe of a massive defeat of her Brexit Withdrawal Bill and will defer the vote.

CommentOpinion

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May shelters from the rain under an umbrella after attending a church service near to her Maidenhead constituency, west of London on December 9, 2018. - Theresa May wants to go down in history as the prime minister who safely steered Britain out of Europe -- a cause she did not believe in when the Brexit referendum was held. (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

U.K. Mayhem as Brexit goes belly-up

We are watching a slow train wreck as Theresa May loses control and her Brexit deal goes off the rails, perhaps taking her with it.

Ticky Fullerton

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: People take part in a UKIP-backed Brexit betrayal rally on December 09, 2018 in London, England. The demonstration takes place three days before parliament is due to make the crucial vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal with the European Union. (Photo by Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images)

MPs set to pull trigger on May

Theresa May faces a leadership battle with the 48 letters from MPs that would trigger a contest likely to be submitted this week.

Francis Elliott

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London on December 5, 2018 to attend Prime Ministers questions in Parliament. - British Prime Minister Theresa May returns to the House of Commons today after a series of stunning defeats by MPs that threaten her government and could change the course of Brexit. (Photo by Ben STANSALL / AFP)

PM denies misleading parliament

Theresa May has been forced to deny that she misled parliament following the publication of Brexit advice given to Cabinet.

LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 04: British Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Number 10 Downing Street on December 04, 2018 in London, United Kingdom. MPs are debating whether the Government committed contempt when it failed to publish full legal advice on Brexit. The issue needs to be resolved before debate on the Brexit deal can commence ahead of the 'Meaningful Vote' next Tuesday. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

MPs pin a ‘badge of shame’ on May

The power tussle between the British government and parliament now threatens to upend constitutional stability.

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street in London, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2018. Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May is due to address Parliament Tuesday, opening five days of debate before a Dec.11 vote on the divorce agreement.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

UK can cancel Brexit: EU advice

The UK should be able to revoke its decision to leave the EU without costs or conditions, legal advice to Europe’s highest court concludes.

Bruno Waterfield