Here's where we're at - November 12th 2018 at time of this publication, 14.22pm, this is the current situation in the U.K: (this could change drastically at any point)
- Britian's Prime Minister, Theresa May, is facing a vote of no confidence.
- Conservative MPs will vote on whether to oust Theresa May between 6pm and 8pm this evening in the Commons.
- She needs 158 votes to keep her job.
- If she loses - if she doesn't get 158 votes or more - she must resign as party leader.
- This would mean a leadership contest to replace her would begin - this could also mean a general election is on the cards.
- This would not mean she would automatically resign as Prime Minister though.
Are you keeping up? It's all awfully confusing, right?
We'll find out more later today, but in the meantime some other MP's are urging others to vote for May, with Amber Rudd on Twitter saying "The PM has my full support. At this critical time we need to support and work with the PM to deliver on leaving the EU, & our domestic agenda - ambitious for improvements to people’s lives & to build on growth of wages & jobs."
The PM has my full support. At this critical time we need to support and work with the PM to deliver on leaving the EU, & our domestic agenda - ambitious for improvements to people’s lives & to build on growth of wages & jobs.
— Amber Rudd MP (@AmberRuddHR) December 12, 2018
Theresa May is saying she is "ready to finish the job".
The complexity of the whole situation was not lost on superstar model and author Chrissy Teigen who took to Twitter this morning saying:
"okay one of my goals for 2019 is to understand UK politics. I read and read and try and learn but my brain cannot grasp it"
okay one of my goals for 2019 is to understand UK politics. I read and read and try and learn but my brain cannot grasp it
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 12, 2018
Plenty of people understood her struggle with it...
I'm doing a PhD on it and this is how I feel 90% of the time. https://t.co/2c6eLCapwC
— Liz Ablett (@LizAblett) December 12, 2018
yesterday i sneezed, accidentally clicked on an article about brexit, and panicked, so chrissy is doing better than me and i live here https://t.co/YHIodhqQku
— ellie (@eleanorbate) December 12, 2018
If you do figure it out, can you *please* explain it to us? https://t.co/omNFPEWUCy
— Levi Roach (@DrLRoach) December 12, 2018
Have a read about how you can grab the mace (a big gold stick) mid-debate and really upset everyone by doing so. It’s so British, it hurts. pic.twitter.com/RbBlZylnKQ
— Lexi Rose (@misslexirose) December 12, 2018
oh wow you weren’t lying it really is quite big https://t.co/jGpdXMfVi3
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 12, 2018
oh my NOW WHAT HAPPENS!? https://t.co/kD5b3xNXmM
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 12, 2018
The man with the gold mace gives it back to the lady with the sword, gets kicked out of parliament for 24 hours, and then everything returns to "normal"
— Elena Soper (@elfieatlanticx) December 12, 2018
THERE’S A LADY WITH A SWORD??
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 12, 2018
if he’d actually taken it and the sword lady hadn’t have stopped him then they wouldn’t have been able to pass any laws
— rosie (@ashtonirwrn) December 12, 2018
what’s the point of being able to take the giant gold thing if the lady with the sword can just stop you and make you put it back? https://t.co/iRTj4BlLjy
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) December 12, 2018
It's an incredibly frowned upon act. Nothing happens, it's just tradition. If you ever go to the Tower of London, we've got a whole bunch of these maces which sit in parliament when it's in session.
— Gemma Cooper (@x_GemGem) December 12, 2018
honestly we would be quite happy to make it to 2019 at this point
— Matthew Champion (@matthewchampion) December 12, 2018
