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UK PM Theresa May Announces Decision To Resign After Repeated Failures Of Brexit Plans
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Theresa May (Joe Giddens - WPA Pool/Getty Images)
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has announced that she will be resigning as leader of the Conservative party on 7 June, and thus be stepping down as the country’s prime minister once her successor is decided, reports BBC.
"I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold,” the prime minister announced.
In her statement, May spoke about her “deep regret” in having been unsuccessful in implementing Brexit.
May’s leadership was marred by several failed attempts to pass a Brexit withdrawal deal though the British House of Commons. The prime minister had to face intense criticism over her failure to achieve Brexit during her term.
There is doubtless going to be a heated contest to replace May as leader of the Conservatives, and by extension as the prime minister of the UK. Some of the Tories in the race might be Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Jeremy Hunt and Sajid Javid.
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