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Theresa May reveals Donald Trump’s ‘brutal’ advice to her over Brexit

July 15, 2018 by administrator

(mirror) The Prime Minister’s confession – “he told me I should sue the EU” – comes after the President kept awkwardly referring to a secret “suggestion” he’d given her.

Theresa May has revealed the “brutal” advice Donald Trump gave her about how to negotiate Brexit.

Her blunt confession solves the mystery of the President’s secret “suggestion” – which he kept awkwardly referring to during his UK visit.

“I think she found it maybe too brutal,” the President said in a press conference with Mrs May at Chequers on Friday. Turning to the Tory leader, he added: “I don’t know if you remember what I said.”

The Prime Minister did remember – and today she revealed bluntly: “He told me I should sue the EU. Sue the EU. Not go into negotiations, sue them.

“Actually no, we’re going into negotiations with them.”

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Theresa May: There is far too much tolerance of extremism in our country

June 4, 2017 by administrator

British Prime Minister Theresa May said the parliamentary election will go ahead as planned on Thursday despite terrorist attacks in London.

“In terms of their planning and execution, the recent attacks are not connected,” May said in a statement on Sunday.

“First, while the recent attacks are not connected by common networks, they are connected in one important sense. They are bound together by the single, evil ideology of Islamist extremism that preaches hatred, sows division, and promotes sectarianism.”

UK Prime Minister called for reaching international agreements that regulate cyberspace to prevent the spread of extremism and terrorist planning.

May said although UK made significant progress in recent years, “there is – to be frank – far too much tolerance of extremism in our country.”

UK: Theresa May sole contender to succeed Cameron as Andrea Leadsom quits race

July 11, 2016 by administrator

(DW) One of two Conservative Party figures tapped to succeed Prime Minister David Cameron has withdrawn from the race. This could clear the path for Theresa May to become prime minister much sooner than previously thought.

Leadson – one of the two candidates vying to lead the UK’s ruling Conservative party – dropped from the race Monday, clearing the way for Britain’s interior minister to become the country’s leader this fall. She told reporters that she no longer felt she had enough party support.

“Business needs certainty,” Leadsom, 53, said Monday. “We now need a new prime minister in place as soon as possible.”

The Conservative Party has sought a new leader since David Cameron announced he would resign following the results of the UK’s Brexit referendum.

Members of the Conservative Party were set to be asked to elect Cameron’s successor – and the UK’s next prime minister. With Leadsom, a junior minister with the energy portfolio, now out of they way, it clears the field for May – potentially removing the need for a party members’ vote on the next prime minister.

As interior minister, May has made a name for herself with her emphasis on law-and-order policies and a strong post-EU Britain; she could be installed in a matter of days.

As soon as the UK invokes Article 50 of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty, it will have two years to exit the EU. May, 54, has said she would be willing to make this step.

“Brexit means Brexit and we’re going to make a success of it,” May said in televised remarks as she launched her campaign in Birmingham. “There will be no attempts to remain inside the EU, there will be no attempts to rejoin it by the back door, no second referendum.”

More than 1,000 lawyers sent a letter on Monday to Cameron saying they believed there should be legislation in parliament before Article 50 was triggered by the incoming leader.

May has also courted controversy after saying in April that Britain should withdraw from the European Conventionon Human Rights. May had complained that international norms inhibit the UK from prosecuting terror cases.