Theresa May issues fresh plea to Tory MPs to unite over Brexit
2019-02-17 08:55:44 source：The Guardian
February 17, 2019
Theresa May has issued a fresh plea to Conservative MPs to unite and deliver on Brexit, urging her party to “move beyond what divides us” and sacrifice “personal preferences”.
The prime minister’s rallying cry follows another tumultuous week in Westminster that saw tensions in the Tory party reach boiling point, with one of her ministers accusing his Eurosceptic colleagues of “treachery”.
May, in a letter to all 317 Conservative MPs after her Brexit plans suffered another humiliating Commons defeat on Valentine’s Day, said the result was “disappointing” but vowed the government would continue its work to secure changes to the Irish border backstop.
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