UK PM resignation reports meant to save her disintegrating government: Analyst
British Prime Minister Theresa May’s threat to resign is part of her tactics to prevent further splits in the government at a time of huge political uncertainty over UK’s withdrawal from the European Union, a political analyst from London says
“This particular rumor that the prime minister will resign in the summer is part of a strategy, of a desperate attempt, to hold the government together,” Shakespeare said in an interview with the Press TV on Tuesday.
The analyst said May’s promise for a resignation is also related to her attempt to convince members of her Conservative Party to unite behind a draft Brexit agreement she signed with the EU in November.
“The rumor that she could be resigning in the summer is probably part of her present tactics to say to everybody that they must support the government’s deal because if they don’t they will get no deal at all or they will get a completely divided Conservative Party,” said Shakespeare.
Key figures in the Tory Party have rejected May’s Brexit deal out of concerns it would make Britain a sheer rule-take after Brexit. They insist a clause in the deal which sets out rules for prost-Brexit management of the Irish border would force the UK to accept EU rules without London having a say in them.
Shakespeare said May’s deal with the EU has widened the rifts among Tories, adding that the premier’s resignation could further split a party which has been in power since 2010.
The analyst further said May’s resignation rumors were also indicative of the seriousness of the current political crisis in Britain where the government and the parliament cannot agree on a deal that could guarantee a smooth withdrawal from the EU at the end of March.
“All sorts of games are being played in the British politics including games by the present prime minister,” said Shakespeare, adding, “The more rumors you get and the more tactics you get the more you realize how very, very serious the situation is.”
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