Will Theresa May be ousted as Tory leader after her local elections disaster?

Politics Explained: The danger is growing after multiple political failures that would have swept any previous prime minister from No 10

Rob Merrick
Deputy Political Editor
Monday 06 May 2019 09:23 BST
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'Why don't you resign?!' Theresa May is heckled as she begins speech in Wales

It will be déjà vu for angry Conservative MPs when they gather to contemplate the immoveable object that is Theresa May, after the pain of meeting the irresistible force of the voters.

Less than two weeks ago, the party gave their prime minister an instruction – set a departure day and make it soon – which she promptly ignored.

On Tuesday, that process of unsubtle persuasion will start again, but in the light of a local elections massacre on a scale unseen this century and some fruity heckling. Can it produce a different result?

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