UK MPs arrive at Chequers for Brexit talks

(24 Mar 2019) Leading members of Britain's Conservative Party descended on Prime Minister Theresa May's country residence on Sunday as she scrambled to win over adversaries to her Brexit withdrawal plan.
Key Cabinet ministers earlier denied media reports that they were plotting to oust her.
May was ensconced in a crisis meeting at her country residence Chequers with fellow Conservatives and outspoken Brexit advocates like Boris Johnson, Jacob Rees-Mogg and others who would prefer to leave the European Union without a divorce deal rather than delay Britain's departure from the bloc further.
The prime minister has found her authority weakened after a series of setbacks in Parliament and her inability to win meaningful concessions from EU leaders who refuse to sweeten the Brexit deal.
The Sunday Times claims that 11 Cabinet ministers plan to tell May to resign so a caretaker leader can be put in her place to kick start the stalled Brexit process.
She faces growing pressure from within her own party either to resign or to set a date for stepping down as a way to build support for her Brexit plan.
Despite headlines about a Cabinet coup, there was no indication from Downing Street on Sunday that a resignation was near.
Two of the people mentioned as possible successors - Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington and Treasury chief Philip Hammond - expressed strong support for May.
And an electronic petition designed to cancel Brexit altogether passed the 5 million signature mark on Sunday.

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