Britain in Crisis
Britain in Crisis
In this framegrab taken from Sky News on Thursday Dec. 13, 2018, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May shakes hands with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Brussels. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday arrived at European Union headquarters in Belgium for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (Sky News via AP)
Britain’s Ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow, right, gestures to British Prime Minister Theresa May after she spoke with the media at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gather for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, which will center on the Brexit negotiations. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gather for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, which will center on the Brexit negotiations. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Campaigners mount a protest on a boat calling for a people’s vote, a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at European Union headquarters for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Flags fly above an anti-Brexit sculpture outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
An anti-Brexit placard is tied to a lamppost outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Anti-Brexit protesters wave flags outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Bullet holes are seen in a sign welcoming people to Northern Ireland on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, near the town of Derrylin, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. With compromises on both sides in the Brexit deal, Britain and the EU managed to reach agreement on many contentious issues. But one has proved intractable: the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which will be the U.K.'s only land border with the EU after Brexit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Campaigners mount a protest on a boat calling for a people’s vote, a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at European Union headquarters for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session, at parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. May has confirmed there will be a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party, in Parliament Wednesday evening, with the result expected to be announced soon after. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote of her Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party and country (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
In this framegrab taken from Sky News on Thursday Dec. 13, 2018, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May shakes hands with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Brussels. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday arrived at European Union headquarters in Belgium for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (Sky News via AP)
In this framegrab taken from Sky News on Thursday Dec. 13, 2018, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May shakes hands with Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar in Brussels. British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday arrived at European Union headquarters in Belgium for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (Sky News via AP)
Britain’s Ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow, right, gestures to British Prime Minister Theresa May after she spoke with the media at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gather for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, which will center on the Brexit negotiations. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
Britain’s Ambassador to the EU Sir Tim Barrow, right, gestures to British Prime Minister Theresa May after she spoke with the media at an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gather for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, which will center on the Brexit negotiations. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gather for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, which will center on the Brexit negotiations. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
British Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. EU leaders gather for a two-day summit, beginning Thursday, which will center on the Brexit negotiations. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Campaigners mount a protest on a boat calling for a people’s vote, a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at European Union headquarters for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Campaigners mount a protest on a boat calling for a people’s vote, a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at European Union headquarters for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Flags fly above an anti-Brexit sculpture outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Flags fly above an anti-Brexit sculpture outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
An anti-Brexit placard is tied to a lamppost outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
An anti-Brexit placard is tied to a lamppost outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Anti-Brexit protesters wave flags outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Anti-Brexit protesters wave flags outside the Houses of Parliament, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Conservative lawmakers forced a no-confidence vote in Prime Minister Theresa May for Wednesday, throwing U.K. politics deeper into crisis and Brexit further into doubt. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Bullet holes are seen in a sign welcoming people to Northern Ireland on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, near the town of Derrylin, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. With compromises on both sides in the Brexit deal, Britain and the EU managed to reach agreement on many contentious issues. But one has proved intractable: the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which will be the U.K.'s only land border with the EU after Brexit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Bullet holes are seen in a sign welcoming people to Northern Ireland on the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland, near the town of Derrylin, Northern Ireland, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. With compromises on both sides in the Brexit deal, Britain and the EU managed to reach agreement on many contentious issues. But one has proved intractable: the border between Northern Ireland and Ireland, which will be the U.K.'s only land border with the EU after Brexit. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Campaigners mount a protest on a boat calling for a people’s vote, a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at European Union headquarters for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Campaigners mount a protest on a boat calling for a people’s vote, a second referendum on Britain’s EU membership, on the River Thames outside the Houses of Parliament in London, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May has arrived at European Union headquarters for crunch Brexit talks with Irish leader Leo Varadkar and EU Council President Donald Tusk. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session, at parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. May has confirmed there will be a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party, in Parliament Wednesday evening, with the result expected to be announced soon after. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street to attend the weekly Prime Ministers’ Questions session, at parliament in London, Wednesday, Dec. 12, 2018. May has confirmed there will be a vote of confidence in her leadership of the Conservative Party, in Parliament Wednesday evening, with the result expected to be announced soon after. (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote of her Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party and country (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)
British Prime Minister Theresa May makes a statement outside 10 Downing Street, in London, Wednesday December 12, 2018. British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a brush with political mortality Wednesday, winning a no-confidence vote of her Conservative lawmakers that would have ended her leadership of party and country (AP Photo/Tim Ireland)