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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @05:33PM (9 children)
Erdogan was a child when Turkey was being refused entry to the EU. He's the first Turkish President to recognize that he was never going to get in anyway. That isn't an endorsement, just a statement of fact.
The cause is the fact that Greece didn't want them in because of genocide in World War I. Somehow genocide didn't keep the Germans out, but whatever.
At least they got Greece, and all they contribute to the EU.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 24 2019, @05:44PM (8 children)
Uh-huh - but the part you skipped past is, Turkey is an habitual offender when it comes to genocide. Germany has only committed truly mass genocide once. If we wanted to traipse off into a shadowy world of suppositions and allegations, we might conclude that Germany got it's "final solution" from the Turks. I'm not going there, but you might think about it for a little bit. "Yes, Fuhrer, we have solved that very same problem several times. Look what we did with those nasty Armenians!"
(Score: -1, Flamebait) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @05:50PM (7 children)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herero_and_Namaqua_genocide [wikipedia.org]
Oh hey look it turns out your whole stupid argument wasn't even factually correct.
(Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @06:00PM
I am shocked, SHOCKED!
Runaway spewing bad facts? Having no clue about actual reality and only what the Talking Heads tell him to think?
A duel good sir, that is the only answer to this dastardly accusation of yours.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 24 2019, @06:15PM (4 children)
Yeah, I missed one. How many did you miss? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Turkey [wikipedia.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 24 2019, @06:18PM (3 children)
Now add up the death counts and see who wins. I anxiously await your response.
(Score: 4, Touché) by Runaway1956 on Friday May 24 2019, @06:26PM
Do I get to pro-rate those counts, based on world population? Populations were exploding in the 1800's. Germany has the body count, hands down, but only because the Turks/Ottoman didn't have such large populations to genocide.
(Score: 1) by khallow on Saturday May 25 2019, @04:16AM (1 child)
Why again is that supposed to be relevant? I'll note here that unlike Germany, Turkey engages in a considerable amount of present day denial about its genocides, probably due to the involvement of the founders and early leaders of modern Turkey in those genocides.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 25 2019, @09:13AM
I prefer my genocides to be measured in "khallows". Like, the Armenian genocide was 2.4 khallows. Native American Genocide in Califorinia: 9.6 khallows. Nazi genocide, 4.1 khallows. A single khallow post on SoylentNews? .0021 khallows. Metrics, can't do science without 'em!
(Score: 2) by realDonaldTrump on Friday May 24 2019, @11:32PM
Who today remembers the genocide of the Nambians?