- UK Prime Minister Theresa May to Resign June 7
Following failure to successfully reach an agreement with the European Union amid Brexit chaos, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, has announced her resignation effective from June 7th.
Mrs. May on Friday admitted that a different leader was necessary to bring the people together due to the numerous fractions and disagreements caused by Brexit negotiations.
“To succeed, he or she will have to find consensus in Parliament where I have not,” Mrs. May said. “Such a consensus can only be reached if those on all sides of the debate are willing to compromise.”
I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold. The second female prime minister but certainly not the last. I do so with no ill will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love.
The division between Conservative lawmakers and the opposition Labour party have grown more hard-line in the last three years and forced many Conservative lawmakers to now favour leaving the European Union without a deal. A move opposed by the majority in Parliament and experts warns it could hurt the world’s fifth largest economy severely.
Prime Minister May will remain in office until her successor is chosen and meet President Trump when he visits next month.
Brexit negotiation will be suspended until a new leader is chosen. The former foreign secretary and a hard-line supporter of Brexit, Boris Johnson has indicated interest in the race to Prime Minister.
“We will leave the E.U. on Oct. 31, deal or no deal,” Mr. Johnson told an economic conference. “The way to get a good deal is to prepare for a no deal.”
The Labour Leader, Jeremy Corbyn, said May’s resignation is the validation of the people that she and her divided party can not govern.
Mr. Corbyn said she had “now accepted what the country has known for months: She cannot govern, and nor can her divided and disintegrating party.”
President Trump on Friday said Theresa May is a strong woman and he will be meeting her next month in the UK.
“I feel badly for Theresa. I like her very much. She is a good woman. She worked very hard,” Trump said.
“She is very strong. She decided to do something that some people were surprised at. Some people weren’t. It’s for the good of her country. But, I like her very much. In fact, I’ll be seeing her in two weeks.”