May pulls pin over Brexit fail

AN emotional Theresa May last night quit as British prime minister after she failed to secure her Brexit deal.

Fighting back tears on the steps of No.10 Downing St, she announced she will leave the job in a fortnight, just two days after a visit from US President Donald Trump for D-Day celebrations in England.

Her decision last night to quit as Conservative Party leader on June 7 has opened up a wide leadership race, with former London mayor Boris Johnson the frontrunner.

“I’m proud of the progress we have made over the past three years,” Mrs May said outside No.10.

“I will shortly leave the job that it has been the honour of my life to hold.

“The second female prime minister but certainly not the last.”

Mrs May (pictured) was in tears as she walked back into No.10 as she spoke of the opportunity to serve the country that she loved.

As her husband Philip and senior staff watched from the sidelines, she said she deeply regretted not being able to get Brexit done.

“It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit,” she said in her nationally televised statement.

The British Parliament has been in chaos again this week, with Mrs May’s plan for a Brexit deal embarrassingly shelved from a vote.