Davis slaps down Tories plotting to get rid of May

Stop being so self-indulgent, get on with the day job: Brexit Secretary

Conservative lawmakers plotting to replace Theresa May must stop being so “self-indulgent” and focus on governing Britain, Brexit Secretary David Davis said on Sunday, amid reports of secret moves to oust the prime minister.

Davis said it would be catastrophic to hold a leadership contest now, just as he’s trying to negotiate the terms of Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union.
 

“I happen to think we’ve got a very good prime minister — I know she’s coming under a lot of pressure at the moment,” Davis said in an interview with the BBC’s “Andrew Marr Show.” In a direct message to