British Prime Minister Theresa May is under growing pressure from within her Conservative Party to lead Britain out of the European Union in the next few months, even if it means a no-deal Brexit.
A letter signed by 170 of the 330 Conservative lawmakers in parliament, including 10 cabinet ministers, was sent to May after her Brexit deal was rejected for a third time by the House of Commons on Friday, the newspaper reported.
The vote left Britain’s withdrawal from the EU in turmoil on the day that the country was originally due to leave the bloc.
May has raised the prospect of a long delay to Brexit because of the deadlock in parliament where she does not have a majority. Many of her own lawmakers have long demanded a more immediate break from the EU.
Britain has less than two weeks to convince the 27 other EU countries that it can solve the impasse, or risk leaving the bloc on April 12 with no deal to soften the economic shock.
“We want to leave the EU on April 12 or very soon afterwards,” The Sun quoted a Brexit-supporting minister as saying in reference to the letter.
A spokeswoman for May declined to comment on the letter.