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Senior members of British Prime Minister Theresa May's Conservative Party have continued to cast doubts over her ability to continue leading the party especially with regards to future elections.

Although PM May has continued to suggest that she is not a quitter and her desire to be in her position longer than most would imagine, Politicians such as George Osborne and former education secretary Nicky Morgan have expressed their doubts and concerns saying that it would be very difficult for her to carry on as leader of the party in the next elections.

Asked on Thursday at a joint press conference in Japan with her counterpart, Shinzo Abe, about the doubts regarding her ability to remain in office beyond 2019, May reiterated her intention to stay on and "get on with the job".

"You're right, I said I wasn't a quitter, and there's a long-term job to do, there's an important job to be done in the United Kingdom," she said. "We stand at a really critical time in the United Kingdom.

"Yes, that's partly about getting Brexit right, but if you think back to what I said when I became prime minister, when I stood in Downing Street, there are many other issues that we need to address, long-term challenges in our country, ensuring that people don't feel left behind.

"These are real issues that we need to be dealing with and I'm there to do it. I think for most members of the public, they would say they want the government to get on with the job. And that's exactly what I and the government are doing."

Speaking to the BBC's Hardtalk programme, Morgan, the chair of the Treasury select committee, said: "One of the things that has been missing has been an attempt to reconcile the faultlines in the Conservative party shown up by Europe.

"I think it's going to be difficult for Theresa May to lead us into the next general election ... We have got to think about how we renew our franchise."