School of Politics and International Relations

Dr Patrick Diamond, One year on, Theresa May keeps fragile grip on her job as British Prime Minister

18 July 2017

A new YouGov poll shows May's Conservatives eight points behind the Labour Party. That means if another election were held tomorrow, May would lose her job, according to NPR. Professor Patrick Diamond said: “She's not going to be prime minister for a decade. She'd be lucky to be prime minister for a couple years, her position is very weak… The view in the Conservative Party is, 'We cannot afford to be led into another general election by Theresa May. We have to get rid of her before then’. Having said that, they would also like an election to happen after the Brexit negotiations have been completed.”

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