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What the papers say: It’s not too late for May to save her skin

In the wake of a doomed cabinet reshuffle, Theresa May is on the brink. The Spectator’s cover piece this week calls on the Prime Minister to lead or go, and Tory MPs are said to be close to triggering a leadership challenge, amid reports of a rising number of letters of no confidence in the PM. But it is not too late for May to save her skin, argues the Sun.

After all, Theresa May has shows an ability to constantly defy her critics. This is demonstrated in her ability this week to finally come around to talking up Brexit as a ‘golden opportunity’ for Britain, says the Sun. ‘At last’, the paper says. ‘For months, May has looked unable to do or say anything meaningful on any issue’, let alone Brexit. Could this new positive rhetoric be a sign things are changing? It is certainly time for the PM to finally wake up to ‘the trouble she is in’, according to the Sun.

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