BREAKING OVERNIGHT: "I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. The second female Prime Minister but certainly not the last…"
UK Prime Minister Theresa May resigns. https://t.co/mpJlCStsOw@IanPannell reports live. pic.twitter.com/XbCnYPPkM5
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What happens next with Brexit is unclear.
LONDON (Reuters) – Fighting back tears, Theresa May said on Friday she would quit, setting up a contest that will install a new British prime minister who could pursue a cleaner break with the European Union.
May’s 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.
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.