Theresa May to resign on June 7

Theresa May

Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a close, the Guardian has reported.

Speaking in Downing Street, May said it had been “the honour of my life” to serve as Britain’s second female prime minister. Her voice breaking, she said she would leave “with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love”.

The prime minister listed a series of what she said were her government’s achievements, including tackling the deficit, reducing unemployment and boosting funding for mental health.

But she admitted: “It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit.”

May’s announcement came after a meeting with Graham Brady, the chair of the backbench Tory 1922 Committee, which was prepared to trigger a second vote of no confidence in her leadership if she refused to resign.

Her fate was sealed after a 10-point “new Brexit deal”, announced in a speech on Tuesday, infuriated Tory backbenchers and many of her own cabinet – while falling flat with the Labour MPs it was meant to persuade.

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2 Comments

  1. May 25, 2019

    It’s all in the spirit of taking back their country…They did not call the land forth …place the boundaries for the sea…were not even there…But it’s theirs country…Now they mire in mess…Rather than to thank GOD for the 3 scores and 10 that HE might spare them to enjoy the land…Instead it’s forcing and fighting for their land …they brought it when they were coming in and they will take it with them on their way out…How nice…
    Have fun…

  2. May 24, 2019

    I’m pretty sure Theresa May can well identify with the saying, “Be careful what you wish for, you may get it.”

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