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TEHRAN, October 03 - British Prime Minister Theresa May will tell her Conservative Party on Wednesday the impending divorce from the European Union is an opportunity that opens up a future of promise, assuring the faithful: "We have everything we need to succeed."
TEHRAN, Young Journalists Club (YJC) - On the final day of her party's conference May will take aim at her critics, who accuse her of failing to embrace Brexit and of giving in to the EU.
The leader's fragile position has been put under further pressure over the last month after the EU rejected parts of her so-called Chequers plan and critics have stepped up calls for her to rethink her strategy for Brexit, the biggest trade and foreign policy shift for more than 40 years.
But with just six months before Britain is due to leave the bloc, she has so far weathered the Brexit storm, shrugging off a barnstorming speech by her former foreign minister Boris Johnson, which did little to hide his leadership ambitions.
"I passionately believe that our best days lie ahead of us and that our future is full of promise," she will say, according to excerpts of her speech.
"Don't let anyone tell you we don't have what it takes: we have everything we need to succeed."
The words may do little to ease the growing frustration of some Conservatives who openly say their party is directionless, but with Brexit talks entering a critical phase, few of her rivals want the top job just yet.
Johnson also seemed to pull his punches on Tuesday, but after making a rallying cry for the party to return to its traditional values and to "chuck Chequers", the former London mayor remains a threat to May.
Source: Reuters
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