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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: 4, Informative) by NewNic on Friday May 24 2019, @05:14PM (9 children)
She (or anyone trying to negotiate a BREXIT deal) has almost no leverage in the negotiations. Meanwhile the EU has a strong incentive to make it painful for the UK to leave.
There is never going to be a good deal to leave the EU. Farage and his fellow racists know this.
They are determined to push the UK off a cliff. Why they want to do this, I don't know.
I do know that many of his supporters cannot stand the fact that many Poles have successfully built a life for themselves in the UK.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @05:22PM (3 children)
So basically your opposition is all evil racists who just want to destroy the world?
Keep fighting the good fight, Harry Potter.
(Score: 2) by NewNic on Friday May 24 2019, @05:40PM (2 children)
The recurring theme of most of the Harry Potter books was that very few people believed him, until it was too late.
lib·er·tar·i·an·ism ˌlibərˈterēənizəm/ noun: Magical thinking that useful idiots mistake for serious political theory
(Score: 3, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @05:46PM (1 child)
The recurring theme to the Harry Potter books was that everything can always be simplified to a narrative of good versus evil, and the antagonists never have any motives beyond opposition to all of the values that good citizens hold dear.
You live in a children's story.
(Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @10:07PM
Found the Death-eater!!!!
Voldemort/Cthulu 2020!
Why Settle for the Lesser Evil?
(Score: 3, Insightful) by bob_super on Friday May 24 2019, @05:29PM (4 children)
> Farage and his fellow racists know this.
> They are determined to push the UK off a cliff. Why they want to do this, I don't know.
That one's easy : have a look at a history book (30s, or a lot more recent).
Right-wing extremists thrive when things are perceived to be really bad, and the common folk are looking for someone to vent their anger.
That's why Trump campaigned on America being broken and losing to the Chinese, regardless of how great the economy was doing in 2016.
Blame someone, position yourself as the only person who can fix it (see also 1933).
The shittier the UK gets after a botched Brexit, the more likely we are to see Farage and friends gain power.
(Score: -1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @05:35PM
Trump won because you live in a bubble.
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday May 24 2019, @08:55PM (2 children)
This is the really weird part.. People are very good at externalising blame; it is someone else's fault they don't have a job/better life/etc
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday May 24 2019, @09:57PM
That's not weird, it's totally human, Mr NotAsCynicalAsMe.
Admitting fault is not in our nature (probably because it's usually followed by punishment, not praise).
(Score: 1) by Techlectica on Monday May 27 2019, @07:14AM
Prime example, all the fundamentalists in the US south and midwest who deny climate change and are ardent Trump supporters, but who blame gays when all the increased tornadoes, floods, and other weather disasters predicted by the climate change proponents show up on their doorsteps.