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posted by martyb on Friday May 24 2019, @02:35PM   Printer-friendly
from the May-won't-any-more dept.

UK Prime Minister Theresa May Will Resign, Pass the Brexit

Theresa May has announced that she will resign as UK's Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative Party:

Mrs. May announced on Friday that she would be stepping down as leader of her Conservative Party and then as Britain's prime minister, after repeatedly failing to win Parliament's approval for a deal to withdraw the country from the European Union.

A successor to Theresa May will be chosen before Parliament's summer break, the Conservative Party chairman said. She will continue as prime minister until the leadership contest is finished.

[...] Standing in front of 10 Downing Street, Mrs. May said it was in the "best interests of the country for a new prime minister" to lead Britain through the Brexit process. She announced plans to step down as the leader of the Conservative Party on June 7, with the process to replace her beginning the following week.

Previously: Theresa May: UK's Next Prime Minister?

UK PM Theresa May announces resignation amid fury over Brexit handling

foxnews.com/world/uk-pm-theresa-may-announces-resignation-amid-fury-over-brexit-handling

May spoke outside 10 Downing Street after a meeting with Graham Brady, the head of the 1922 Committee of Conservative Party backbenchers. She said she will step down on June 7. Her resignation will trigger a party leadership contest, and whoever wins that contest will take over as prime minister.

[...] Her announcement could complicate the upcoming June 3 state visit by President Trump to London to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day, where he will also meet with Queen Elizabeth II.

May will still be in office during that visit, meaning it will nix the chance for a new prime minister to forge ties with the American president at a time where such relations are vital. A U.S.-U.K. trade deal is a top priority for the U.K. as it looks to depart from the European Union and begin making its own trade agreements -- and Trump has said "the potential is unlimited" for such a deal.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday May 24 2019, @04:24PM (2 children)

    by GreatAuntAnesthesia (3275) on Friday May 24 2019, @04:24PM (#847148) Journal

    Well yeah, but what could she change? The EU wasn't going to budge - and after 3 years of farcical bad-faith negotiations from the UK, why should it?

    The ERG wasn't going to accept anything less than an apocalyptic crash out, but most MPs are vehemently opposed to that.

    The DUP (that she was beholden to) wouldn't accept... anything at all, apparently.

    She had no political capital left to negotiate with Corbyn - he has his eyes on No10 and rightfully saw her as a dead duck - and she couldn't easily open up communication with him anyway, having painted him as the Red Terror.

    There was nowhere left to move. Nowhere at all. No wonder she just kept looping back to the same failed package and denying reality.

    The thing is though, all of the above restrictions are ones brought about by her own behaviour. She painted herself into that corner.

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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 24 2019, @05:17PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday May 24 2019, @05:17PM (#847180)

    She did take the job knowing that everyone was going to make her life hell.
    There's a reason the others ran away after the referendum, and let someone else handle the giant mess, some of them with the glee of seeing the other side lose, without regard for the Country (sounds familiar?)

    She may have underestimated the determination of the EU, driven by those who understand history and geopolitics, and by the Irish.

  • (Score: 3, Informative) by isostatic on Friday May 24 2019, @06:14PM

    by isostatic (365) on Friday May 24 2019, @06:14PM (#847257) Journal

    She started the entire process badly, then went from bad to worse after losing the election.

    However she could have salvaged it by whipping for her deal with a referendum to accept the deal back in January. This would have forced Corbyn to show his true colours before he was confident the numbers weren't there on the tory side.