British Prime Minister Theresa May has vowed to fight for her political future with “everything I’ve got” as the UK’s bid to depart the European Union descends into a deepening political crisis.
Members of May’s ruling Conservative Party on Wednesday reached the threshold of 48 demands needed to trigger a confidence vote in her leadership.
Their move came fewer than two days after the prime minister and party leader opted to pull a parliamentary vote on her widely maligned Brexit deal, acknowledging that it would have been defeated.
Wednesday’s poll will be held between 18:00-20:00 GMT.
May must win majority support among the Conservatives’ 315 Members of Parliament to survive the vote.
Al Jazeera’s Andrew Simmons reports from London.
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