May\u2019s departure deepens the Brexit crisis as a new leader, who should be in place by the end of July, is likely to want a more decisive split, raising the chances of a confrontation with the EU and potentially a snap parliamentary election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her voice cracking with emotion, May, who endured crises and humiliation in her failed effort to find a compromise Brexit deal that parliament could ratify, said she would resign on Friday, June 7 with a leadership contest beginning the following week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI will shortly leave the job that has been the honor of my life to hold,\u201d May said outside her Downing Street official residence with her husband, Philip, looking on. \u201cThe second female prime minister, but certainly not the last.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country I love,\u201d said the usually reserved May as she fought back tears.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
May, once a reluctant supporter of EU membership who won the top job in the turmoil that followed the 2016 Brexit referendum, steps down with her central pledge – to lead the United Kingdom out of the bloc and heal its divisions – unfulfilled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is, and will always remain, a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit,\u201d May said, adding that her successor would have to find a consensus to honor the 2016 referendum result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Jeremy Corbyn, leader of the main opposition Labour Party, said the new prime minister must hold an election to \u201clet the people decide our country\u2019s future\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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