{"id":49068,"date":"2019-05-24T14:46:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-24T13:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/?p=49068"},"modified":"2019-05-24T14:46:56","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T13:46:56","slug":"theresa-may-announces-her-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/theresa-may-announces-her-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May announces her resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-7284\" src=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Teresa.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"801\" height=\"567\" \/>British\u00a0prime minister Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a close.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">She made the announcement after a meeting with Graham Brady, the chair of the backbench 1922 Committee &#8211; which was prepared to trigger a second no-confidence vote in her leadership if she refused to resign.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">May&#8217;s fate was sealed after a 10-point &#8220;new Brexit deal&#8221; , announced in a speech on Tuesday, infuriated Tory backbenchers and many of her own cabinet &#8211; while falling flat with the Labour MPs it was meant to persuade.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The leader of the House of Commons, Andrea Leadsom, resigned on Wednesday , rather than present the Brexit bill to parliament.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A string of other cabinet ministers had also expressed concerns, including Sajid Javid, Jeremy Hunt, Chris Grayling and David Mundell.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In particular, they rejected May&#8217;s promise to give MPs a vote on a second referendum as the Brexit bill passed through parliament, and implement the result &#8211; which they felt came too close to endorsing the idea.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The prime minister will remain in Downing Street, to shoulder the blame for what are expected to be dire results for her party at Thursday&#8217;s European elections &#8211; and to host Donald Trump when he visits.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The 1922 Committee will set out the terms of a leadership contest, to kick off on 7 June, which is expected to last perhaps six weeks.<\/p>\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\r\n<script>(function(d, s, id) {\r\n  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\r\n  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\r\n  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\r\n  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_GB\/all.js#xfbml=1\";\r\n  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\r\n}(document, \"script\", \"facebook-jssdk\"));<\/script>\r\n <fb:comments href=\"https:\/\/english.thesunrisetoday.com\/index.php\/theresa-may-announces-her-resignation\/\" font=\"arial\" num_posts=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" colorscheme=\"light\"  style=\"background:#FFFFFF;padding-top:0px;\r\npadding-right:0px;\r\npadding-bottom:0px;\r\npadding-left:0px;\r\nmargin-top:0px;\r\nmargin-right:0px;\r\nmargin-bottom:0px;\r\nmargin-left:0px;\r\n\"><\/fb:comments>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British\u00a0prime minister Theresa May has bowed to intense pressure from her own party and named 7 June as the day she will step aside as Conservative leader, drawing her turbulent three-year premiership to a close. 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