Britain’s May Reasserts Her Authority After Brexit Resignations

Britain’s May Reasserts Her Authority After Brexit Resignations
Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves Downing Street in London, July 10, 2018. Reuters/Hannah McKay
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LONDON—British Prime Minister Theresa May moved to reassert her authority on July 10 after two top cabinet members quit and launched broadsides against her Brexit plans, winning support from many of her ministers including a leading eurosceptic.

May said she had chaired a “productive” meeting of her government, unswayed by the resignations of Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Brexit negotiator David Davis that rocked the government on July 9.