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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.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @04:41PM (3 children)
Let's see... Cameron resigned after Brexit passed, because as he did not personally support Brexit, he didn't see how he could guide the country through it. Fair enough.
So then Theresa May becomes Prime Minister, who ALSO didn't support Brexit. Huh?? And it didn't work. Who could have seen that coming.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @05:27PM
But she did everything she could! And if she didn't it was stupid and she was right to fuck it up, because the British people need people in authority to tell them what's good for them and make all their decisions.
They should never have put it to vote to begin with because the vote was theatre.
(Score: 2) by kazzie on Friday May 24 2019, @05:57PM (1 child)
She hadn't supported Brexit, but did thereafter. The received wisdom was that, as a remainer who had accepted the referendum result, she'd be able to bring other remainers along on the journey. But that clearly didn't work.
(Score: 4, Insightful) by isostatic on Friday May 24 2019, @05:59PM
She was arrogant, she had her red lines, she refused to even talk to people with other views, she lost an election and carried on as if she's won a blair-style landslide.