{"id":48480,"date":"2018-11-16T11:35:43","date_gmt":"2018-11-16T11:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=48480"},"modified":"2018-11-16T11:35:58","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T11:35:58","slug":"british-pm-rules-out-second-brexit-referendum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/british-pm-rules-out-second-brexit-referendum\/","title":{"rendered":"British PM rules out second Brexit referendum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-7284\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Teresa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" \/>British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday ruled out holding a second referendum on Brexit despite calls from several MPs who argued her draft divorce deal with the EU was doomed.<br \/>\n\u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, there will not be a second referendum,\u201d May said at a press conference in Downing Street.<br \/>\nDefiant in the face of mounting criticism, May added, \u201cI believe with every fiber of my being that the course I have set out is the right one for my country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">May compared herself to legendary English cricketer Geoffrey Boycott, noting that he was hard to get out even if his run-scoring was sometimes slow.<br \/>\nAsked whether she would be able to \u201cdeliver the runs\u201d for Britain, May said she would dig in and fight.<br \/>\n\u201cCan I just say that you might recall from previous comments I have made about cricket that one of my cricket heroes was always Geoffrey Boycott,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"alignleft quote-simple \"><p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script> <!-- Automatic size Responsive --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1234237307185872\" data-ad-slot=\"7381563475\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins> <script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cAnd what did you know about Geoffrey Boycott? Geoffrey Boycott stuck to it and he got the runs in the end.\u201d<br \/>\nBoycott, who was known for his conservative batting style, scored over 8,000 runs in test cricket.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Meanwhile, The Northern Irish party propping up British Prime Minister Theresa May\u2019s minority government, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP), wants a Conservative Party leader who will \u201cdeliver on Brexit,\u201d its deputy leader said following calls for May to resign on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of machinations going on within the Conservative Party at the moment, we\u2019ll have to wait and see how that plays out,\u201d Nigel Dodds told Northern Irish broadcaster UTV.<br \/>\n\u201cThe leadership of the Conservative Party is a matter for the Conservative Party but what we want to see is a Tory leader that will actually deliver on Brexit and most importantly, match their actions with their words when it comes to the integrity of the union.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/british-pm-rules-out-second-brexit-referendum\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Prime Minister Theresa May on Thursday ruled out holding a second referendum on Brexit despite calls from several MPs who argued her draft divorce deal with the EU was doomed. \u201cAs far as I\u2019m concerned, there will not be a second referendum,\u201d May said at a press conference in Downing Street. 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