May Presses Brexit Case as Opposition Party Floats Another Vote
- U.K. leader looks set to thwart any effort to remove her
- EU reaction now key, with Airbus urging Brussels to engage
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British Prime Minister Theresa May looked likely to survive any attempt to oust her over Brexit for now, but she risks a permanent rupture in the governing Conservative Party and is leaning on political opponents to help get her plan through Parliament.
Despite the resignations of two of her most senior ministers in one day -- an event without parallel in recent decades -- most of her Conservatives appeared content on Monday evening with a proposal that would keep Britain close to the European Union on trade and regulations.