British Prime Minister Theresa May is “on a knife edge” and may face a no-confidence vote as her own party members revolt against her, an analyst says.
Ian Williams, a senior analyst at Foreign Policy in Focus, made the comments after two former cabinet ministers expressed their readiness to stop a controversial method blamed for inflicting mental breakdown on immigrant inmates, indefinitely detained.
The commentator praised the move as a sign of “conscience and heart on the part of the conservative MPs, who have been inflicting so much pain on their own citizens!”
A revolt from her own side is something the British premier “cannot really tolerate at the moment,” he added.
“She is on a knife edge with the majority in parliament and any revolt could trigger a no-confidence vote,” Williams noted. “And if she were to lose on an issue like this, her position is so precarious anyway.”
May is also under pressure as Conservatives are demanding a firmer position on Brexit.
“She’s as vulnerable as she’s ever been,” one backbencher told the Guardian. “She’s got to make a decision.”
The prime minister will reportedly make a limited speech focusing on security cooperation at a conference in Munich next month rather than setting out a fresh vision of Britain’s divorce from the EU. – Press TV.
