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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: 5, Informative) by GreatAuntAnesthesia on Friday May 24 2019, @04:49PM (2 children)
Nonsense. The Tories have squandered billions. Their methods are inefficient and massively expensive. Thatcher sold of the council houses and didn't replace them. Now the taxpayer pays twice as much to private landlords for shitty accommodation. Same story with privatised trains, water, power... none of these things deliver price cuts or efficiency, they just shuffle the costs elsewhere or pass them on the to the next generation, while funneling taxpayer cash to politically-connected business people. And even if, in the short term, we appear to reduce expenses, at what cost?
Police: In crisis.
Courts: In crisis.
Education: In crisis.
NHS: In crisis.
Social care: In crisis.
Benefits: In crisis.
Homelessness, crime, poverty... have you seen the UN report from earlier this week? Are you not ashamed?
And all of this will cost billions over decades to fix - far many more billions than the Tories supposedly "saved". But that's in the future, and we're only looking at this quarter's figures. And we're certainly not looking at the cost in terms of human misery because, well, that's just poor people.
But don't worry, the Tories still found the money to give tax breaks to the rich.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @06:04PM
There really is no point engaging the "taxes are thefts" types. They are true believers who only care about taxes up bad, taxes down good. No amount of reality will change their opinions. Every bad result from their policy choices gets projected on to their opponents.
(Score: 3, Informative) by cmdrklarg on Friday May 24 2019, @08:50PM
Sounds like the US then.
This is vulture capitalism writ large on a national scale. https://lippittpolicyandpolitics.org/2018/11/04/vulture-capitalism-in-action/ [lippittpolicyandpolitics.org]
The world is full of kings and queens who blind your eyes and steal your dreams.