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Theresa May’s Final Humiliation

The British prime minister, who said she will resign on June 7, had one job: to deliver Brexit. She failed to do it.
Source: Toby Melville / Reuters

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced Friday that she “will shortly leave the job that has been the honor of my life to hold.”

The long-anticipated address, outside Downing Street, confirms that May will step down as the leader of the Conservative Party on June 7. She will remain prime minister until the party chooses a new leader, a process that will take approximately six weeks.

In many ways, May’s

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