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Theresa May Isn’t Going Down Without a Fight

Even as the British premier struggles to push her Brexit plan through Parliament, she proved she still has remarkable staying power.
Source: Tim Ireland / AP

LONDON—For more than two years, British Prime Minister Theresa May has had to balance European Union negotiators, an opposition Labour Party intent on toppling her government, and dozens of rebellious parliamentary colleagues. So when she vowed on Wednesday to fight a no-confidence vote against her “with everything I’ve got,” it was par for the course.

May has earned a reputation for soldiering on in the face of innumerable crises and for maintaining stability not because of her strength, but in spite of her lack of it.

On Wednesday

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