Although British Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of no confidence earlier this month, fresh media reports suggest that she is to face more challenges within her Cabinet.
UK Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson is alleged to have boasted about his plans to launch a campaign to succeed Theresa May, The Sunday Times reported.
The purported plot was uncovered after a witness sitting at a nearby table in the restaurant claimed to have overheard a conversation between Williamson and his friends as they dined in the Beaumont hotel on 18 December — less than a week after the prime minister survived a vote of no confidence.
This is not the first time that media have reported Williamson’s alleged plans to dethrone May. In June 2018, the Daily Mail cited sources as saying that Williamson threatened to topple May unless he gets extra funding for the armed forces.
After she announced she was postponing a parliamentary vote on the deal to ask her EU colleagues to provide further reassurances on the Northern Irish border backstop, Conservative lawmakers triggered a vote of no confidence in her leadership. May successfully fought off the vote on 12 December as the MPs backer her 200-117.