Former Minister Paterson submits a letter of mistrust of British May

LONDON (Reuters) - Former British Secretary of State Owen Paterson said he had presented a vote of no confidence to Prime Minister Theresa May in the hope of provoking a leadership challenge.

"I'm writing to let you know that I no longer have faith in the PM," he said in a letter to the lawmaker who would oversee any leadership role.

"It would be a travesty if the democratic verdict of the referendum in 2016 - the largest in British history - could not be delivered, but the" deal "proposed by the prime minister is so bad that it can only be regarded as a betrayal of clear promises.

"The letter was published in the newspaper Telegraph.