‘Not a quitter, I’m here for long term’

London, Aug. 31: Theresa May has dismissed reports that she plans to quit as British Prime Minister and said that she will lead the Conservative party into the next general election.

Addressing the media during her ongoing visit to Japan, Ms May sought to dismiss murmurs in the UK media that she plans to step down as Conservative party leader at the end of the Brexit process in 2019.

“I am not a quitter. I am in this for the long term,” she said, when asked if she expects to fight the general election scheduled for 2022.

“There’s a real job to be done in the UK. It is about getting the Brexit deal right, it is about building that deep and special partnership with the European Union but it is also about building global Britain, trading around the world,” she said.

The speculation around May’s departure from 10 Downing Street was triggered by media reports last week that claimed I am not a quitter. I am in this for the long term. It is about getting the Brexit deal right

Theresa May, that the British PM planned to step down by August 30, 2019.

Her comments have been received with a mixed response by her party, with back-benchers questioning this “longterm” strategy.

Ms May has been widely seen as being on borrowed time as party leader since her gamble to call an early general election in June this year backfired, losing the Tories their overall majority in Parliament.