May Faces Calls to Quit After Speech That Went Wrong
- Ex-minister Ed Vaizey says many people think she should go
- Pound declines as leadership battle would delay Brexit
May Faces Fresh Calls From Party Rebels to Resign
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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is losing the confidence of her colleagues and should consider stepping down, a former minister suggested, after a key speech aimed at revitalizing her leadership descended into chaos.
Conservative lawmaker Ed Vaizey is the first member of Parliament since the speech to publicly air concerns about May continuing as leader, adding that he believed many of his colleagues feel the same. Vaizey was a culture minister under May’s predecessor and left when David Cameron resigned.