Theresa May will have to quit as UK Prime Minister within two years, claims leading Tory donor
'She is setting [Brexit] up but someone else will have to pick up the pieces when it all goes really wrong'
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Your support makes all the difference.Theresa May will be forced to step down as prime minister within two years when Brexit "all goes really wrong," according to a Tory donor who helped fund a legal challenge against her plans to trigger Article 50 herself.
Charlie Mullins, the founder of Pimlico Plumbers, said senior Conservative ministers had focused on their careers rather than the public good.
“I don’t think that Theresa May is going to be around in two years once the EU negotiations kick in,” he told The Guardian.
“She is setting this up but someone else will have to pick up the pieces when it all goes really wrong."
He added: “When she goes, the damage will have been done and its going to take a long, long time to get back to where we are today.
"People in business just cannot believe that she is cutting us off from a market of 500 million people.”
Discussing the Government's Supreme Court challenge contesting the ruling Ms May must consult parliament to trigger Article 50, Mr Mullins said he expected the judgement to go against the Government.
He said: “I would be very very surprised to see it go the other way. It would be a miscarriage of justice.
“If the judgment is as expected, I want MPs to get together and get us the best possible deal. At least its going to be more transparent.”
Speaking to the paper about David Cameron's resignation and the leadership battle that followed, Mr Mullins said senior Tories, such as Ms May and foreign secretary Boris Johnson, had focused on their careers instead of the public good.
"They haven’t gone through with all this for the country, they have done it for personal reasons, because they wanted top jobs in government," he said.
"It is our children who are going to have to pick up the pieces."
On Tuesday morning, the Supreme Court is due to announce its verdict on Ms May's Brexit plans, ruling whether she can withdraw Britain from the EU alone or must get approval from MPs and peers first.
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