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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, Insightful) by Dr Spin on Friday May 24 2019, @06:26PM (1 child)
The UK existed hundreds of years without the EU... in the world as it was up until fifty years ago.
Yes - because we had a world monopoly on technology. Unfortunately the patents expired, or we gave them to the Americans for nothing, and then ran our economy in a way that made investment unprofitable.
Now we depend on the EU for 3/4 of our food (half in summer, all in winter). Don't expect to live on a diet of haggis and Irish potatoes either.
You might remember granny telling you not to bite the hand that feeds you. Granny remembers food rationing.
The Theresa May "deal" is about having food. The problem with her deal is it makes no provision to pay for it. We also get other things from Europe - like customers for our businesses and staff for the NHS.
The alternative of "no deal" involves no food, and for a lot of people, no work and no health care. (Unless you are Farage, Rees-Mogg, and Johnson, all of whom have houses in France, and who are fighting for a quick Brexit because they are terrified of forthcoming EU legislation that will reveal the extent of their stashes they have in tax havens). I agree that may of the Brexit voters currently have no jobs and not much food. They are fully entitled to be angry - but supporting the people who are the cause of their predicament is unlikely to make their situation better. The "European Legislation" they hate is mostly either a figment of Boris Johnson's journalism, or Tory party policy blamed on Europe because they know it is damaging.
You may be aware we had EU Elections yesterday to elect MEPs - yes we currently have some sovereignty over the EU. The alternative is none - but the ERG having even more sovereignty over you/us. Given that they think the "nasty party" is too moderate with its austerity, it is hard to see any good coming of the Brexit party. The fact that the "majority" voted to go to hell in a hand cart does not make it a sensible idea.
Europe might miss a few thousand drunken holiday makers, but its not like Brexit will affect their food or jobs much.
Warning: Opening your mouth may invalidate your brain!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 25 2019, @02:43PM
On the plus side, housing becomes more affordable in about 5 years. For those who were smart enough to inherit their wealth, at least.
"... 0.6 per cent of the British people own 69 per cent of the land on which we live - and they are mostly the same families who owned it in the 19th century." https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/britains-land-is-still-owned-by-an-aristocratic-elite-but-it-doesnt-have-to-be-this-way-5385094.html [independent.co.uk]
Get ready to see that number increase.