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BREAKING: Theresa May resigns. “I have done my best”.
May resigns as leader of Conservative Party on 7th June. Leadership contest begins the next week.
May remains as PM until leadership contest is complete.
“It remains a matter of deep regret that I have not been able to deliver Brexit.”
“It remains a matter of deep regret that I have not been able to deliver Brexit.”
May has warning for her successor: “Compromise is not a dirty word” - whoever comes next will face same challenge getting Brexit deal through Parliament.
May returning to “burning injustices” theme which she had hoped would define her premiership. All eclipsed by her handling of Brexit.
Incredibly rare display of emotion as PM breaks into tears at the end, saying she has “enormous gratitude to have served the country I love”
