May warned over failed Brexit deal
Theresa May could be forced to stand down as prime minister if her Brexit deal is defeated in the Commons next week, a Tory former leader has warned.
Eurosceptic Iain Duncan Smith cautioned against May and her cabinet deciding to brazen it out, saying such an approach would be a disaster.
How the PM responds after the vote matters more than anything else she has done, he told the Daily Telegraph (£).
I believe that if the response is, we’ve lost but we will do this all over again’ it will become a leadership issue. I don’t want it to be. If she and the Cabinet decide to brazen it out and simply say [a defeat of] anything under 200 is not as big as you think, then that would be a disaster.
The paper reported cabinet ministers have also warned May she would have to ...
