Theresa May resigns after Brexit failure

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Posted by: Mazur Rodica

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25 May 2019 / 14:36

Theresa May resigns after Brexit failure

A tearful Theresa May finally gave up her battle to deliver Brexit, as she announced her resignation and cleared the way for a chaotic Conservative leadership contest and the increased prospect of a no-deal Brexit, Financial Times reports.

Within hours of Mrs May announcing the end of her three-year premiership, Boris Johnson and other Tory leadership rivals began jostling in a contest that will end with Britain having a new prime minister by the end of July.

“We will leave the EU on October 31, deal or no deal,” the former foreign secretary said in a speech in Switzerland. “The job of our next leader has to be getting the UK properly out of the EU, putting Brexit to bed.”

Mr Johnson is the clear favourite to become Britain’s next prime minister, with most Tory MPs expecting the Tory crown to go to a Brexiter able to win the support of the party’s Eurosceptic base.

Jeremy Hunt, foreign secretary, also confirmed that he would stand for the party leadership, joining a field of at least 15 Conservative ministers and MPs who hope to succeed Mrs May. She will officially stand down as party leader on June 7.

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