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Why did Theresa May resign as Prime Minister and how will it affect the Brexit deal?


THERESA May revealed she will step down as Prime Minister after Brexit, but there has been pressure for her to leave before that.

So, when will she actually quit? Here’s what we know.

 May attempted to defend her legacy and insisted she has helped to fix Britain's 'burning injustices'

Dan Charity – The Sun

May attempted to defend her legacy and insisted she has helped to fix Britain’s ‘burning injustices’

Why did Theresa May resign?

The PM was forced to resign after she failed to deliver Brexit and lost the support of her own MPs – but will continue in office as a lame duck until July.

Today the PM claimed she had done all she could to take Britain out of the EU with a deal, saying: “Ever since I first stepped through the door behind me as Prime Minister, I have striven to make the United Kingdom a country that works not just for a privileged few, but for everyone. And to honour the result of the EU referendum.

“If you give people a choice you have a duty to implement what they decide. I have done my best to do that.

“Sadly I have not been able to do so. I tried three times – I believe it was right to persevere even when the odds against success seemed high.”

Her voice cracking, she attempted to defend her legacy and insisted she has helped to fix Britain’s “burning injustices”.

Mrs May concluded: “I will shortly leave the job 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.”

 May today teared up during her resignation announcement

Reuters

May today teared up during her resignation announcement

How will it affect the Brexit deal?

Senior Tory figures are already throwing their hat in the ring as future party leaders.

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has already said he would “of course”  put himself up for the position.

International Development Secretary Rory Stewart and ex-Work and Pensions Secretary Esther McVey have already said they will put themselves up to the vote.

The PM confessed she now has no chance of ever getting her Brexit deal through Parliament but insisted “I have done my best” to deliver on the referendum result.

 

As Mrs May enters her final days:

Theresa May in tears as she confirms she is standing down as leader of the Conservative Party

How will the Tories choose a new leader?

Her resignation fires the starting gun on the Tory leadership race, with Boris Johnson at the head of a crowded field of contenders.

But the next PM could face the same Brexit deadlock as Mrs May – with Parliament and the Tory party bitterly divided over how to move forward.

If there is to be a leadership contest it will last up to six weeks held under the rules set out by the 1922 Committee of backbench Tory MPs.

Candidates will need to be nominated by two fellow Tory MPs and the field is whittled to just two by a series of votes in the parliamentary party in which the lowest ranked candidate is eliminated.

After that the two candidates will be expected to take part in debate.

Candidates can withdraw at any time leaving the way for the one remaining to be crowned leader.

That happened in 2016 when Andrea Leadsom pulled out and sent Theresa May into Downing Street.

Tory MP Andrea Jenkyns tells Theresa May to her face she should quit





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