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WORLD NEWS Monday 9 october 2017
UK leader says she’s ‘resilient’ amid leadership threats

determination to fight mer party chairman Grant ris Johnson, who while pub-
back Conservative Party Shapps that he had a list of licly backing May has twice
doubts about her leader- 30 legislators who wanted proposed his own policies
ship. She said she has been May to step down. on the delicate Brexit ne-
bothered by the sniping — The immediate rebellion in gotiations over Britain’s fu-
from her own party and the party ranks seems to have ture relationship with the
British news media — but is been quelled for the mo- European Union.
bouncing back. ment, but could flare up at Johnson on Sunday reiter-
“The truth is my feelings can any time. ated his support for May,
be hurt, like everyone else, Former Prime Minister John but many believe he has
but I am pretty resilient,” Major urged Conservative his eye on the top spot.
she said. Party members to support May is reported to be con-
May’s grip on the party’s May and scolded those sidering a Cabinet shake-
loyalty has been weak- who have plotted against up in the coming weeks.
ened by its poor perfor- her. Some are pressuring her to
mance in the snap election “I urge all Conservative demote Johnson from his
she called for June, which (lawmakers) to reflect highly visible post of foreign
cost the Conservative Par- very carefully on what is secretary.The prime minis-
ty its majority status and at stake,” he wrote in the ter denied reports that she
strengthened the hand of Daily Mail. “The country cried after the conference
Labour Party leader Jere- has had enough of the self- speech.“One minute jour-
my Corbyn. absorbed disloyal behav- nalists are accusing me of
She has endured a particu- ior we have witnessed for being an ice maiden or a
larly difficult stretch, with weeks.” robot, then they claim I’m
the disappointing party Major’s comments were a weeping woman in dire
Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May arrives for charity coffee conference speech fol- viewed by some as a warn- need of a good night’s
event in Reading, England on Friday Oct. 6, 2017. lowed by a claim by for- ing to Foreign Secretary Bo- sleep,” she said.q
(Yui Mok/PA via AP)
By GREGORY KATZ person,” she told The Sun-
Associated Press day Times when asked if
LONDON (AP) — British she had considered aban-
Prime Minister Theresa May, doning her conference
recovering from a dismal speech after a series of
performance at her Con- miscues Wednesday that
servative Party’s annual included a heckler, a se-
conference and a rare vere coughing fit, and an
public threat to her leader- embarrassing failure of the
ship, says she’s not backing set she was speaking from.
down in the fact of political “I am not someone who
adversity. gives up.”
“I am a very determined The same applies to her
UK police free driver in museum

car accident as inquiry continues
By GREGORY KATZ when extremists in vehicles
Associated Press struck pedestrians on West-
LONDON (AP) — London minster Bridge and on Lon-
police on Sunday released don Bridge.The March at-
a 47-year-old man arrested tack on Westminster Bridge
on suspicion of dangerous and Parliament and the
driving after a car crash London Bridge attack in
outside the Natural History June claimed more than a
Museum injured 11 people. dozen lives and wounded
Police said the man was many more. New barriers
released “under investi- have been placed on most
gation.” He has not been major bridges to deter fu-
charged or identified. ture vehicle assaults.
London’s “museum row” The concern that a similar
was open for business as attack was in progress out-
usual Sunday, with the side the Natural History Mu-
Natural History Museum, seum sparked a substantial
Science Museum and Vic- police response to the car
toria and Albert Museum crash, with numerous am-
operating as usual one day bulances sent to the scene
after pandemonium broke along with a hazardous
out after a car struck pe- area response team. Shops
destrians. were evacuated as a pre-
The crash Saturday after- caution and police heli-
noon on Exhibition Road in copters buzzed overhead.
London’s busy museum dis- Police said after several
trict was initially feared to hours of investigation that it
be a possible attack similar was a road traffic collision
to incidents earlier this year not related to terrorism. q