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THERESA MAY HAS announced she’ll step down as Conservative leader on 7 June, paving the way for a Tory leadership contest with the eventual winner set to take over as British prime minister.
May made the announcement in an emotional statement outside 10 Downing Street yesterday morning.
The prime minister broke down in tears as she delivered the final sentences of her speech saying it has been “the honour of my life” to be the “second female prime minister, but certainly not the last.”
A Conservative Party leadership contest will officially get underway when May’s resignation kicks in next month and reports indicate that the party intends to have a new leader in place before the end of July. She will remain as Prime Minister until her successor is appointed.
Towards the end of her speech May quickly broke down before leaving the podium with major British newspapers featuring a “broken” May on their front pages today.
The Daily Telegraph features an emotional May with the headline “Boris makes Brexit vow in Push for No 10″.
The Times runs with “It all ends in tears”.
Meanwhile, the Daily Mirror opts for “The Crying Lady” with a photograph of May leaving the podium.
Like most major UK newspapers, the Daily Mail seized on May’s emotional ending to her resignation speech and runs with the headline “A Crying Shame”.
The Financial Times weekend edition runs with May at the plinth and the headline “Tearful May opens way for Tory battle”.
And finally, the Guardian features a similar shot of May above the headline “Broken by Brexit”.
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The two questions are would any of the others do a better job? Would any of the others try as hard? The answer to both no
@Sorcha Hendry instagram: @SorchaHendry86: completely agree. She is determined and tenacious and had a poisoned chalice.
@Motherofthree: This whitewashing of May’s Brexit strategy drives me crazy. People have short memories. She was the one who threw down “red lines” which meant negotiations were poisoned from the start. She was the one who triggered article 50 without any sort of plan or any sort of consensus in her own parliament, leading to this utter mess now – and the very real prospect of a No Deal Brexit. She appoint a slew of Brexiters to negotiate her deal, and they all walked away. She is completely responsible for the shambles that have been the Brexit negotiations and no amount of wobbly bottom lips will change that.
… and I won’t even start on her toxic legacy in the home office… Horrible politician, terrible “leader”. Good riddance.
@Mack: she made many mistakes for sure, and dug a grave for herself. But you can’t fault her work ethic and determination.
@James Wallace: he misguided fault and Ethic
@James Wallace: you mean her determination to put 4 million children below the poverty line through the Torys “cruel and dehumanising” (UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty Prof Philip Alston ) universal credit system cannot be seen as a mistake or good work ethic , its blind neoliberal ideology and greed thats to blame.
He went on to say:
“The bottom line is that much of the glue that has held British society together since the Second World War has been deliberately removed and replaced with a harsh and uncaring ethos.”
@Sorcha Hendry instagram: @SorchaHendry86: she is a remainer with the job of getting a good brexit deal for the over 17 million people who voted to leave the eu. I would say there are lots of people who would have done a better job than her. She is the worst pm in living memory
@Damien Barton: Gordon Brown
@James Wallace: Like the guy that was asked to dig a hole and kept digging until he reached Australia. Work ethic and results can vary greatly. Poisoned chalice from the get go. Buffoon Boris was smart enough to wait in the bushes while she tried out the wine. Suppose he now thinks he can pick the right chalice. Time will tell.
Crying shows how passionate she was about her job & country, and shows real strength of character.
What a great strong lady.
@Ruth Colbert: Well that’s complete nonsense. Far more likely she’s crying because she knows how much she’s screwed it up.
@Ruth Colbert: It really shows personal weakness. Not a strong leader.
@Ruth Colbert: that’s all pantomime stuff.
@Ruth Colbert: No crying in public like this is feeling sorry for yourself She shed no tears for the folks of grenfell or windrush It makes me sick that people feel sorry for her
Looks like they are about to put the dogs in charge of the sausages
@Tony Gordon: yep, harakiri.
@iohanx: I know it sounds far less journo and well read but ‘lemings’ also springs to mind
Mine would be ‘May tears as end nears’
@Thomas Quinn: good but not financial times material, maybe the telegraph
@Thomas Quinn: mine would be “Tears mark June as the end of May”
@Keaneland: you belong in the internet hall of fame….
@Thomas Quinn: May comes in like a lion, out like a lamb.
@Thomas Quinn: April Showers for May in June?
@Neil Mac: How about “ALL HAIL MAY THE TWENTY TURD” as it was 23/5/19
Boris deserves this poisoned chalice. The EU are steadfast so he’ll have to take the country over the cliff. Let that be his legacy.
@2thFairy: He’ll be the first prime minister of England
Rule britannia, britannia is ruled by muppets.
@Mark Mccormack: time for Boris the Brexit dodger to have a go. God help us all.
@Mark Mccormack: Well it takes one to know one Paddy,as one Quotes” A Pot calls the Kettle black”!¶
@Dave Alexander: did you just call him a “paddy”?
Some of those titles are on a border line of a hatespeech. My god, how much of venom those brits have. They created a mess, and now need somebody to clean it for them. To hell with them
@Krystian Brzezowski: don’t worry poor snowflake..
Some say she was the worst prime minister ever, I say she’s the worst so far !!! Wait til the next.
No Article on the bomb attack in Lyon…
@Adrianh_80: there was
@Adrianh_80: look again
Theresa May’s legacy is that she united the people of Britain in wanting her to go.
The woman didn’t want to leave and tried her best to get the best deal for her country but she was fighting a lost battle from the start.
What a bunch of parasites
Should have kept a stiff upper lip
@Means of escape: The crying game.
She did her best in a totally toxic and no win situation. Let’s see if buffoon Boris can do any better.
No British Prime Minister could sign a Surrender Document to the Eu Axis .
Without a No Deal Brexit at least on the Table the Eu Axis were always going to push for their Surrender Document .
@Pl O’neill: I still haven’t made up my mind if your comments are meant to be in jest or are you really as silly as they make you appear
@John Johnson: __ It’s definitely the last bit, without a doubt.
@John Johnson: The next British Prime Minister will not be signing a surrender document to the Eu Axis .
One Neville Chamberlain was one too many .
I hope the new PM gets better advisors
April Showers for May in June
This is exactly who I voted for brexit its tearing the British government apart woohooo.
@paddy fox: yea paddy. Your deadly sound buzz so you are
The daily mirror had the best caption calling boris a bofoon.
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