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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: 3, Disagree) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 24 2019, @05:32PM (5 children)
Maybe I'm the only person here, who remembers that the EU woo'd the UK forever, before the UK finally consented to this marriage? And, that the UK demanded, and got, prenuptual concessions, again and again. Trust? I think that a strange choice of words.
(Score: 2, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @06:34PM (2 children)
Maybe I'm the only person here, who remembers that the EU woo'd the UK forever, before the UK finally consented to this marriage?
Maybe that is because it is a total figment of your imagination (or perhaps the story as told by Boris Johnson in the right wing press).
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 24 2019, @07:56PM
https://www.google.com/search?q=UK+demand+EU+concessions&source=lnt&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A%2Ccd_max%3A4%2F29%2F2010&tbm= [google.com]
2005 big rebate
2007 new EU treaty
2002 Britain control over it's borders and immigration
2009 tariff quotas and ceilings
Apparently, I didn't use the best of search terms, because I've been reading about the EU accomodating the UK for decades. EU says this, UK wants that instead, and special considerations are made for the UK - it's an often repeated theme. Bedtime for me right now, if you want more citations, maybe I can be arsed to look for them in a few hours.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Friday May 24 2019, @08:26PM
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opt-outs_in_the_European_Union [wikipedia.org]
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Friday May 24 2019, @08:27PM
They *did* want the UK to be part of the EU. You're right about that. But the UK kept demanding special treatment, and these days it's not clear that they don't think it's more trouble than it was worth.
Javascript is what you use to allow unknown third parties to run software you have no idea about on your computer.
(Score: 3, Informative) by quietus on Saturday May 25 2019, @11:53AM
Bringing in the UK was seen as one of the victories for Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg cooperation) diplomacy. These smaller countries deemed it important for the stability of the EEC to convert the power axis France-Germany into a triangle including the UK. The Germans agreed to that thesis in the end, and were willing to grant the French varous concessions (power positions, CAP money and help with getting access to NATO (if I remember correctly)) in return.