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| PM Theresa announced resignation today (Friday 24, 2019) following failure to deliver Brexit. |
May made the announcement in an emotional speech on Friday, saying she had done everything she could to convince Members of Parliament (MPs) to back her Brexit deal, but was unsuccessful after three attempts. The rejection according to May, is an indication that her efforts to actualize her signature policy has failed, and that she would have to call it quit thereby paving way for her successor to find a viable solution and a way forward.
"I tried three times. I believe it was right to persevere, even when the odds against success seemed high. But it is now clear to me that it is in the best interests of the country for a new Prime Minister to lead that effort," she said.
"It is, and will always remain, a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit."
"I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold -- the second female Prime Minister but certainly not the last," May said.
"I do so with no ill-will, but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love," she said, bursting into tears as she left the lectern and walked back into Number 10.
Theresa May's journey as Prime Minister took off following the resignation of former Prime Minister David Cameron over same Brexit which he was against, and did campaigned really hard to convince the already frustrated electorates that Britain is better off inside the EU. Cameron was however, left she shocked as 52% of the votes goes north in favor of leaving the EU.
He said, “I was absolutely clear about my belief that Britain is stronger, safer and better off inside the EU. I made clear the referendum was about this, and this alone, not the future of any single politician, including myself.
“But the British people made a different decision to take a different path. As such I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction,” Cameron said as reported by The Guardian.
The resignations of both Cameron and his successor Theresa May within a span of three years says a lot about what the British voters really want at the end of the day. Theresa May according to Cameron, was supposed to be the "fresh leadership" to take the country in its new direction, but which is now officially a failure.
Where things go from here remains to be seen. But a report by CNN says "May's announcement will set off a frantic race to succeed her" with leading candidate Boris Johnson, being the most likely successor.