Pressure mount on May over Brexit

The debate on what's known as the European Union (Withdrawal) bill -- designed to transfer EU law into UK legislation upon the country's departure from the bloc in March 2019 -- began Thursday, ahead of a vote next week in the House of Commons.

All of this comes after a tumultuous few months for Britain's embattled Prime Minister Theresa May, whose position remains the source of constant rumor and speculation.

May has been under increasing pressure since June's election, at which her Conservative Party lost its governing majority and was forced to make a deal with the Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland to remain in power.

Last week May dismissed reports claiming she would quit in 2019 and insisted she was looking forward to the 2022 election. But British newspapers have been full of stories claiming that some of her own members of Parliament want her to step down, while various names have been touted as replacements.

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