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A handout photograph released by the UK Parliament shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (C) making a statement to the House of Commons in London on December 17, 2018, following her attendance at an EU Summit last week. - Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday warn MPs against supporting a second Brexit referendum, as calls mount for a public vote to break the political impasse over the deal she struck with the EU. "Let us not break faith with the British people by trying to stage another referendum," she will tell parliament, according to extracts from her speech released by Downing Street. (Photo by Jessica TAYLOR / UK PARLIAMENT / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, ADVERTISING PURPOSES - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / Jessica Taylor /UK Parliament"

Tories on edge of breakdown

The Tories last split 100 years ago. Struggling to govern and wondering how to make it through Christmas, another split seems likely.

Daniel Finkelstein

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A video grab from footage broadcast by the UK Parliament's Parliamentary Recording Unit (PRU) shows Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May (L) listening as opposition Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn (R) announces that he will table a motion of no confidence in Theresa May, in the House of Commons in London on December 17, 2018, following her statement on her attendance at an EU Summit last week. - Prime Minister Theresa May will on Monday warn MPs against supporting a second Brexit referendum, as calls mount for a public vote to break the political impasse over the deal she struck with the EU. "Let us not break faith with the British people by trying to stage another referendum," she will tell parliament, according to extracts from her speech released by Downing Street. (Photo by HO / PRU / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT " AFP PHOTO / PRU " - NO USE FOR ENTERTAINMENT, SATIRICAL, MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS

Troops on streets for no-deal

Theresa May puts 3500 troops on standby and warns businesses to prepare for the worst as the UK readies for a no-deal Brexit.

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May’s $3.5bn to ease no-deal pain

Theresa May’s cabinet was last night preparing to unveil a £2 billion ($3.5bn) package to ease the pain of a no-deal Brexit.

JACQUELIN MAGNAY

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May in new no confidence vote

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has piled pressure on Theresa May to table her Brexit deal by moving a vote of no confidence in her.

Jacquelin Magnay

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Britain's former Prime Minister Tony Blair makes a speech on Brexit at the British Academy in London, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

Blair ‘an insult to PM’s office’

Tony Blair has been accused of undermining negotiations with the EU over Brexit and of insulting the office of prime minister.

Jacquelin Magnay

The World

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

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***BESTPIX*** BRUSSELS, BELGIUM - DECEMBER 13: Britains Prime Minister Theresa May is seen behind EU flags as she arrives at the European Council for the start of the two day EU summit on December 13, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. Mrs May yesterday won a vote of confidence in her leadership among her own MPs 200 to 117. Attending the summit she will attempt to secure greater assurances on the temporary nature of the Irish Backstop, in turn hoping to persuade MPs to vote her Brexit Deal through Parliament in the coming weeks. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

People’s voice is only way out

May needs to recognise that she and the country have only one way out of this impasse: ask the people directly.

THE ECONOMIST

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

The World

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.

Jacquelin Magnay

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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.

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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

The Times

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.

The Times

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.

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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 "reassurances". (Photo by Oli SCARFF / AFP)

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

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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

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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.

Jacquelin Magnay

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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.

Jacquelin Magnay

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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 "with everything I've got" an attempt on Wednesday by her own Conservative party to remove her from office over her unpopular Brexit deal (Photo by Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP)

‘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.

Jacquelin Magnay

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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.

Jacquelin Magnay

The World

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.

Jacquelin Magnay

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