Prime minister Theresa May’s resignation speech in full

Theresa May has 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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May says it has been 'the honour of my life' to be the 'second female prime minister, but certainly not the last'. Her voice cracks as she says it has been an honour to have the opportunity to serve the country she loves
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[@jamessullivan9125]

Imagine if she couldn't open the door when she went back in

[@DemonOfEndor]

Trevor Noah just used your joke

[@jamessullivan9125]

Who's this Trevor Noah?

[@jamessullivan9125]

Copycat!!

[@jamessullivan9125]

But seriously who's wants Boris ?

[@williamsderek4729]

@Anton Boludo i really want it to open.🙉😂

[@pjharb]

This is so sad. I feel so sorry for her. She literally got beaten down over and over again, trying to get us out of the EU like we voted, and then she gets blamed when it doesn't happen, when even the MPs themselves couldn't vote on an alternative action. I am not interested in politics, nor do I believe in borders, or wars, or even countries, but I think that this woman being forced out of a job she loved before her time was up is a disgrace. Whoever takes over from her IS NOT going to do a better job. The EU IS NOT receptive to us leaving, and would have beaten down ANYONE in her place. This is so sad.

[@philomena724]

You said no lies 3 years ago.

[@euphoriaggaminghd]

You were spot on 5 years back, how we have fallen in such a short time

[@ip-ub2jj]

To be honest, May wasn't any less competent than any other PM, but Brexit demands unnatural abilities to be delivered and i doubt there is a single politician in the UK who is capable enough to do so

[@tristanlau1213]

I think even Winston Churchill would not be able to pull this off

[@수비니-f3b]

Agree , who on the earth would be able to do seriously :(

[@ruko9876]

Soon enough, Theresa May will be an even bigger meme than the hated Margaret Thatcher.

[@Hanaronxd]

That's part of her issue, SHE couldn't handle the big boys

[@blackphoenix8932]

No, but she was tho.

[@giuseppebroccolo6714]

Who is here after Boris Johnson resignation speech? What a difference of feelings

[@waseem507]

100

[@nicholasaustin9435]

Yep. I’m no May fan (proud leftie here) but the difference in tone is astonishing. At least May had some class and dignity about her. When she talks about holding no ill will vs Boris’s rant about herd mentality. There is a reason why I don’t dislike May as a human, yet I find Boris to be utterly contemptible.

[@giuseppebroccolo6714]

@@nicholasaustin9435 im with you

[@InglesDinamico100]

Me

[@nicholasaustin9435]

@@gdrobloxianemperor1737 cool with me tbh. ‘Not a Tory’ is fine with me!

[@wanjirukaburu]

Wow! A great speech with emotions all over it. I could feel her desire to give her people the best and her frustration as well. That feeling when you have given your all but can't move ahead because of a stumbling block that has proven too stubborn and hard to pierce through and you just have to let go.

[@henrylechmere5042]

Quite sincere

[@emuyemamo5699]

What a coincidence that MAY resigns at the end of MAY.

[@ekfylobifteki]

😂

[@18000rpm]

May announced in May that May may end in May but it may or may not

[@archersterling6726]

Plot twist, May ends in June

[@jadon7878]

Hahahahahahaha, best joke ever mate hahahaha

[@Brian-dq2jc]

Kef Kutuch yea. your retirement

[@plandee8484]

I respect her for trying to do what the cowardly Cameron should have done.....Shame on him for running like a coward after creating this whole scenario.

[@slemania3744]

Plan Dee cameroon was very clever man he new it what happen after brexit that why he stop work for that

[@mc-ec3bu]

At least he know he wasn't up to the job .

[@MagizardInternet]

@@mc-ec3bu True. Logically, would the head of the Remain campaign be balanced enough to deliver? I'd say no.

[@simonstaszkov880]

Plan Dee 🙌🙌🙌

[@neequayegill3951]

Exactly!! I'm glad someone said this!

[@RaiderReborn]

Massive contrast with Liz Truss who smiled and grinned throughout her shallow defense of her short tenure. May was serious about the job AND had a mandate. The adults left the room after May was ousted.

[@alanyuan8565]

Yes. You cannot disagree with her professionalism

[@WORLD8NSH5KNIGHT1]

I feel May was in a near-impossible situation. History should treat her fairly. She has far more integrity than her successor and in my view is a stateswoman.

[@alanyuan8565]

Yes. Incredibly professional

[@AlkalineGamingHD]

Like her, hate her, or be indifferent about her, but this is gonna go down as one of the best speeches given by a politician in that decade.

[@andysz2212]

She did it her way.

[@erasmoalvarenga5339]

Agreed

[@jackkennedy7078]

simply cannot because of her appaling wording "i tried three times"

[@georgeiii2998]

@@jackkennedy7078 What would you have her say instead? "Thrice I tried"? "I tried thrice"? "Three times I tried"? "Thrice did I try"? "Three times was the number given to the times I attempted to get a deal through the House of Commons"?

[@henrylechmere5042]

She did her best, no one's perfect

[@naijanp]

I feel so bad for her. She had a really rough time these recent years and I believe her in every word in this speech

[@MOVIE_1000]

How Game of thrones could have ended.

[@libertydefenders8276]

only a sick person would even watch game of thrones

[@D3S1NK]

best comment so far xD

[@riccardob6329]

That would have been a better ending

[@isobar5857]

@@libertydefenders8276 . Got that right.

[@mrk2938]

1000th like no problem

[@petitthom2886]

So May ends in June, that’s confusing 🤔

[@Norgg.]

The start of June is the end of May, it works out.

[@BoiledOctopus]

@@Norgg. haha

[@18000rpm]

May announced in May that May may end in May but it may or may not

[@bobbybillionXRP]

They should give us another bank holiday

[@nopretribrapture2318]

Possibly...without the Gregorian calendar 😂

[@ellajane964]

I believe she truly tried her best and was given an impossible task to solve and deal with. All gratitude to her for doing the best she could.

[@DerAua]

I don't see Brexit happened, yet. We need our own Donald Trump to solve this!

[@pearllight7481]

“Compromise is not a weakness”Theresa May

[@poodtang2104]

Neville Chamberlain tried to use that excuse too.

[@DEV3N87]

She was quoting someone.

[@jacklewis3803]

Bouchra Alami austerity is not a weakness.....

[@ome69]

Whilst never liking her I will admit I feel sorry for her now as she was given a truly thankless task and tried so very hard. It is also apparent that she has a heart unlike Thatcher. At least she can leave in dignity even if she was pushed out the door by the Rebels and her own party.

[@adammoss5284]

I rather think the salinity index will be at 11 on the day she leaves No. 10.

[@QUESCANADA]

I love her. She didn’t create wars with other countries but mainly focused on working for the country she loves.

[@henrylechmere5042]

No one's ever perfect, it's one of the toughest jobs in the world where she did her best and bit off more than she can chew like a hard working lady, trying to please both sides of the party thus facing pressure from time to time

[@deanjames2476]

She was quite happy to continue selling weapons to Saudi Arabia coalition so it could flatten the Yemen no remorse

[@trina415]

At least she had dignity and class

[@Kbats733]

She's actually leaving!? Hang on a minute, I've heard her use that word before....

[@brandon3872]

Evidently she's always been a remainer...

[@MarcOnell1205]

Looking at it now, May was far more competent than Truss.

[@angrybearduk]

Game of Thrones: the worst ending in history Theresa May: hold my beer...

[@unaa9380]

Bike Rider Central *hold my teacup lol

[@angrybearduk]

@@BondJFK Over the last two seasons the writing was deteriorating. In the last season, it was a parody of what this show was before. Bad writing, lacking logic, rushed, betraying characters.

[@prot07ype87]

*Hold my teacup.**

[@anotherrandomer]

@@angrybearduk But Theresa May speaking about a Liverpool style comeback with regard to Brexit only to botch it like Moussa Sissoko did at Anfield is any day better!! GoT can suck on that!!

[@harrysaluja9890]

You are as pathetic as your hackneyed comment.

[@boyzone5000]

i feel like who ever replaces her will be just as worse. RIP

[@thejoin4687]

Boris Johnson 5/4 favourite. "Just as worse" is half right.

[@walan31]

I really dont think there is anything to be happy about. We got to worry about new leadership.and brexit all at once. Bloody hell! Here we go again.

[@cellsec7703]

@@thejoin4687 Really? Boris wants to follow through on Brexit. Which more than half the country voted for.

[@edmundofengland]

Bad

[@MinnieCeeOfficial]

@@walan31 why did y'all vote for it?

[@nightw4tchman]

Say what you like about Johnson but at 6:36 you could tell May at least cared about something other than herself. Johnson meanwhile... everyone else was to blame.

[@RickTorn]

Give the lady credit. Very classy. So articulate. The opposite of the babbling, bumbling Trump.

[@JasonGafar]

I loved her. I think she was a really genuine and candid leader. She meant well in her heart.

[@2legit2Kwit]

Rent free😂😂😂

[@isaacramsay7889]

@@2legit2Kwit Find a video of Trump agreeing he lost the 2020 election and not crying about it

[@alanyuan8565]

Much much better than Kamala

[@mravawishes]

Ok, so I'm on the left of the political spectrum, but this was a FANTASTIC speech.

[@PaulRoseGuitar]

How many tears have been shed by destitute hungry families suffering from the austerity instigated by the greedy elite she is in cahoots with.

[@bighands69]

Poor families will always exist. Austerity is just a made up term for government having to live by normal rules of finance.

[@louisfoster4787]

Ok let's just let the budget deficit run wild and increase the national debt further costing us more in the long run.

[@PaulRoseGuitar]

Yes, while they take pay increases.

[@pauldryburgh6346]

@isa sole there are many factors to take into account for homelessness though. As long as the poor are doing better than in previous generations then I don't care if the rich are as well. If the poor were becoming worse off then I'd agree with your criticism.

[@hugostiglitz1673]

@@bighands69 The 'normal rules of finance', does that also happen to include banker bailouts, subsidizing corporate greed, huge tax cuts for the ultra wealthy, selling arms to backwards regimes, wars & conflicts, etc etc? All of that is fine, but ravaging austerity and callous cuts which result in the deaths of thousands of disabled & mentally ill people is just 'something that will always exist'. But ah who cares, right? I'm fine, so why bother? I'll just excuse it all and say life isn't fair, poor families ill always exist. Congratulations on being a useful idi0t for the 0.1 percent.

[@peterbrunsden380]

3 years totally wasted. Let's go.

[@elilla331]

That was the point. She was the remoaners best friend, a lick spittle like Macron, and tried to screw over everyone that said GTFO.

[@peterbrunsden380]

Right on

[@DrStench13]

What is 3 years on a cosmic scale?

[@alberto.delbono]

❤labours

[@mattbenz99]

@Underground Chamber Muzik A little slow, aren't you? Voting was yesterday. You literally can't vote for anyone anymore.

[@brandengarcia7575]

She didn't seem that bad now. She had all odds against her at the time

[@NkWong]

She triggered article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty too early without reaching consensus on a Brexit deal in advance her election campaign was also a disaster making the conservative party lose a majority of seats

[@yousif5191]

She sounds very honest and down to earth

[@springenderspringer]

I‘m not even British, however, I really respected her😢! She was so much better than this British Trump now!

[@Peter-xs2mu]

IDK. Somehow the phrase "you had one job" comes to mind.

[@justben2724]

I agree so strongly with this statement

[@SSC0002]

Don't like her but got to admire her tenacity. Everybody against her and she tried the same thing 3 times

[@AndrewFosterSheff69]

She couldn't organise a piss-up in a brewery!

[@themedschoollab3782]

I wanna see you do a better job

[@JohnMegaton2062]

She applied herself with such half-hearted feigned passion to try not to accomplish the will of her people. If only more leaders would pretend to care as much as she did.

[@dislike-lk6mh]

May be ,may be not!!

[@grrumakemeangry]

Richard Terry cuz its funny

[@MightyUnderdog]

Certainly, not the second prime minister to be destroyed by Brexit

[@kittenesh]

me hee do you know how many white people death has killed Exactly, death isn’t racist. It kills everyone

[@sandro11235]

Compare this to Lizz’s embarrassing resignation. Striking difference

[@Da1Dez]

Gosh has it really been over 2 years since she made this speech?.... I'll never forget all those months wondering when this day was going to come.

[@haimbenavraham1502]

A brave and courageous leader that fought against great odds. I say that as an Irish man. I wish her well and future success.

[@GaryHighFruit]

But crying is not brave and courageous. I don't get it. What is courageous? She was quitting.

[@GeorgiRusev]

I've always wondered - does the door open automatically or there is somebody hidden behind it who manually opens it?!

[@GeorgiRusev]

@Sister C , so somebody is standing behind the door and opens and closes it?! I''d like this job - the prime minister resigns but the doorman - never!

[@juanuceda401]

@@GeorgiRusev lol

[@joclark4619]

Who’s here after Liz Truss’ resignation speech?

[@yudiuup5272]

UK had 2 female prime ministers and both their name initials contain 2 letters: M and T. Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.

[@Keepingthefaith72]

She wasnt fit for purpose , She tried to con the people with a remainers deal . Lets hope we get a proper Brexiteer who will deliver what the people of Gt Britain voted for .....

[@ElCharvo]

She managed to get "always remain" in there-brilliant !

[@ThamizhanDaa1]

haha underrated comment lmao

[@aleixruizfalques3180]

@@ThamizhanDaa1 +1

[@ryacoli]

Where?

[@D3S1NK]

Boris Johnson the next PM to fall, the saga continues...do not miss the next episode lol

[@kiradotee]

British politics is the new Game of Thrones.

[@erectustesticulus3191]

Trumps brother

[@mlosuno402]

@@kiradotee better than the reality show we have going on in the Oval Office across the pond

[@misspiggy806]

Yup.

[@majly]

Find out in the next episode of DRAGONBALL Z!!!

[@mulan9468]

Well done Theresa May, be proud of yourself to serve this country at the difficult time.

[@가주아-z1w]

I guess no one could do that better...

[@whitephoenixofthecrown2099]

She had potential, but she failed and I think she should be forgiven for her failure.

[@Pulsed101]

As should everyone :)

[@brandon3872]

I would forgive her if she ever intended to carry out a proper Brexit.

[@whatdidujustsay2094]

No

[@namelessnobody7611]

Such a contrast with Johnson.

[@bobbybillionXRP]

Shut up and give us another bank holiday!

[@bruce_lee8969]

Dominic Townsend 😂😀

[@marcusp905]

I was going to 👍up this comment but it's at 69👍

[@we4r119]

"Bringing an end to austerity" - I thought she said austerity had ended! - Lies, lies and more lies. Just go!

[@SalvatoreEscoti]

well, Lies are the fundament of politicians. Every single one lies!!

[@OwtDaftUK]

It never started.

[@we4r119]

Salvatore Escoti Doesn't make it right and there was no need to add more in her resignation speech. Just proves she wouldn't know the truth if it slapped her in the face.

[@Charles50Kal]

Latest austerity measure... They're mothballing 1/3 of our active tanks now. Don't think austerity has ended / is ending.

[@ivofena83]

@@OwtDaftUK Kind of true. They never cut the number of pounds been spend. The budged was increasing. And they never raised the taxes.

[@DP-tf7qb]

I'm not a Tory, never will be, but I now look back on Theresa May so favourably. I think she was the last politician that actually cared about British society and had integrity. I can't believe the egotists we've had since. We've truly fallen so far.

[@tanakatarouable]

you are too late to notice it😅

[@myHuge249]

"we are bringing an end to austerity", slashes NHS and public services

[@FarmYardGaming]

LOGICC

[@lhdhdeebdhdh]

NHS - The worst healthcare system in the developed world!

[@davidulanovsky8943]

Pwolly that’s America actually.

[@GlaringDiamon]

@@davidulanovsky8943 true, the NHS actually functions (mostly) well,unlike the US system, which has no national service at all!

[@davidulanovsky8943]

@@GlaringDiamon Yeah, the problem with the NHS is just that it needs more funding.

[@shanecorcoran8225]

Well, it IS coming up to the end of May...

[@gogglepops]

lol mate

[@vikingraiders4138]

The MPs do not represent the will of the people, sooner the people wake up and realise that, the better. We have absolutely no say over anything.

[@theresa600]

Democracy lesson by someone with an SS soldier as their profile pic...

[@vikingraiders4138]

@@theresa600 "History is written by the victors” and all the lies that followed. Shame isn't it, especially the international banking system, and it's evil grip on the world, and to think people went to war and died for it, against a Nation, which was openly crushing it.

[@theresa600]

@@vikingraiders4138 The atrocities are well enough documented,so even though the winston Churchill quote carries great truth, it doesn't fit here.

[@vikingraiders4138]

@@theresa600 You want to talk about atrocities Great Britain and America, the former Soviet Union, have done far worst things to other nations, Especially the likes of Oliver Cromwell, who's seen as a hero of Parliament.

[@theresa600]

@@vikingraiders4138 So did Japan,Belgium and countless other countries. Why is Columbus day still celebrated? Why do Mao and Stalin portraits embellish rooms? That is as much a mystery as is your profile pic.

[@ryanfraser167]

This doesn't solve anything sadly

[@jondough679]

It does it gets rid of a lying duplicitous treasonous PM

[@ryanfraser167]

@Derreck Jones still the same problems with no easy solutions 🤷‍♂️

[@ryanfraser167]

@@jondough679 and replace with same 🤷‍♂️

[@iLAGnDC]

@@ryanfraser167 having her stay also solves nothing 🤷‍♂️. All she has been doing is biding time trying to get the same dreadful deal through.

[@fastasfox]

Here here.

[@Oprey22]

No tears for the Windrush generation? I don't know how she's got the brass neck!

[@bighands69]

WIndrush is a minor part of UK politics. Most people do not care about it and it will never be a voting issue. The Media banged on about it but nobody was listening and the same applies to several other stories in politics.

[@mustafehindi7156]

We'll miss you miss May

[@myfriendlester4552]

At end of speech...Love the way she says she's leaving with "Gratitude" and "NO ILL WILL" then she quite literally growls with anger, bitterness and erghmm..."ill will" before leaving for the door.

[@Chibbykins]

pretty sure she was trying not to cry, mate. not 'growling' lol

[@jth4242]

@@ChibbykinsQuite the coincidence that the urge to cry came just at the end of the speech. She's acting like all politicians do. She's just also a woman, so a bit of crying is appropriate for her.

[@Chibbykins]

@@jth4242 PM or not, she is a human being with feelings (Obama got teary eyed in public too once or twice). There's nothing unbelievable about her getting emotional towards the end. She was probably thinking about all the allies she let down and all the enemies she let defeat her.

[@Chibbykins]

@Barnaby lol, nope.

[@arvantsaraihan5777]

@Star There Trump did more failure more than any other US Presidents combined.

[@Catsincages]

I must have missed the part where she apologised. She was too busy lying about the Tories 'achievements' to say sorry no doubt.

[@Nick-X]

I love Avocado Toast too.

[@numskullz1000]

Apologised for what

[@mattwhite8837]

numskullz1000 for her face

[@ccllvn]

numskullz1000 3 years of awfulness

[@russellmcvey390]

Many countries are questioning the political class and the political Parties that appear to not be serving their constituents or their country

[@rax816]

Venezuela, USA, Britain..

[@XSLUDGEYX]

she forgot to say thanks for continuing to pay me my full prime minister's pay for the rest of my life.

[@dcasey77]

@XSLUDGEYX Does she still get paid after leaving Number 10??

[@PF-gi9vv]

@@dcasey77 She will get it all till she dies.

[@shadmanmajeed]

well said !!

[@robbiehicks7960]

I thought Cameron ended that?

[@numbat0072]

he did

[@shathasalih4567]

Truly speaking, the PM put herself forward bravely to serve the country, the task is not easy at all and she worked extremely hard full of confidence, where all the voters out run a way and refused to face the real life. The voters out have to come on board and do the job they campaigned for. But they run a way as easy as possible. As her personality was high better than men prime ministers. I think men prime ministers they couldn’t do part of what she did, I hope they will not end the country in mess.

[@ankur29]

Wow so much better than truss still

[@birderjohn3396]

When can Britain start importing oddly shaped bananas?

[@PF-gi9vv]

And carrots, the stupid EU stopped us eating carrots with more than one leg, wtf!

[@goodyeoman4534]

Because of EU regulations made by out-of-touch bureaucrats hundreds of miles away who don't have our best interests at heart.

[@MiniStockpot]

These rules have not been in place for 10 years! I do hope you didn't vote to leave even in small part due to the belief this was true!!!

[@definitelynotadam]

As soon I get my fooking unicorn.

[@MiniStockpot]

Irrehaare Then you must have been enjoying quality time with your lovely unicorn friend for 10 years, which is when these laws were changed!

[@jintineog3367]

She is only human, she tried the best she could albeit hasn't turned out fruitful .. But it was almost impossible not to admire her bravery and determination, her sheer ability to get up each morning and go striding into work, looking bright, brave and confident. A lesser woman, a lesser person, would have collapsed under the strain long ago, and I truly, genuinely, admire her sheer fortitude.

[@marcpowell5231]

Completely agree. Don't know why she attracts so much negativity. Can't think of anyone else that will do a better job. She tried her best to deliver what the MAJORITY of the people wanted! Poison chalice but I admire her worth ethic and determination. An improvement on Blair and Cameron that's for sure!

[@yassinahmed4288]

It's Cameron fault from the beginning 😶😖

[@terrygooding4810]

Agree, you offer a democratic vote you act on it even if it doesn't go the way you personally want. That's how democracy works.

[@jamndunk]

Yes, he opened Pandora's box & May has had to pander to it all.

[@themisspultone]

yep. "Il stick with the result regardless of the outcome. Bugger that didnt work, right Im off someone else can clean up my mess"

[@ClemensLode]

@@terrygooding4810 The UK is not a democracy. It's a representative democracy. Meaning, you vote in people who have to take up responsibility for their actions---as opposed to the people who just vote for whatever because they do not have to implement it.

[@yassinahmed4288]

@@Porkcylinder hhhhh never meant that... what I mean he started that mess without knowing the consequences that would come afterwards... that VOTE will get so many people out business.. think about it They thought it's easy until the EU came with the (files ) !!!

[@johnbaker2]

One of the greatest prime ministers our country has ever had.

[@GaryHighFruit]

But great leaders don't quit.

[@adityapal8367]

The last part gave me chills even though I don’t know much about her

[@DrPinhead]

Imagine if when she came out everyone just launched about hundred Mcdonalds milkshakes straight down 10 downing street, just my weird imagination sorry.

[@MrSh4W]

dont worry torie voters, she'll delay resigning, and have a few extensions, then possibly a 2 year transitional period! 😂

[@Fl0atee]

@RoadKillzine The only one that chose that job was her. Fully knowing the hardships and responsibilities. If she can't handle it then she should step dow- oh wait.

[@MrSh4W]

@RoadKillzine i understand democracy and may saying "no deal is better than a bad deal" then backtracking and delaying brexit....joke!

[@Linge88]

@The action packed snack bleach To be fair, it's like MOST politicians in your country. The Senate has two notable exceptions. The House now has a few. But it's nowhere near enough to defeat the corruption.

[@FarmYardGaming]

@RoadKillzine Two words. David. Cameron.

[@FarmYardGaming]

@ukz carmines They aren"t exactly alone.

[@flexthunderstache8365]

Nearly 7 minutes of lies, spin and cognitive dissonance. Pleading for compromise when she has been the main person refusing to do so, talking about humanitarianism when she was the one instrumental in the hostile environment policy and Windrush scandal. It made me want to puke. She's been the worst PM ever, but on a positive note she may well have been the catalyst for the destruction of the Tory party, and if that turns out to be the case, she'll be a national hero

[@SynthMagic]

Spot on!

[@sandiekelsey-white4936]

Totally deluded. The poor are poorer, the NHS is being sold off, the tower blocks are still at risk. Austerity has risen on your watch!

[@bainbonic]

Almost like she's a bald-faced liar.

[@ruko9876]

In the future, Theresa May will be even more hated than Margaret Thatcher. That is a record in itself.

[@charliemitchell4107]

The NHS was only considered to be sold off when Boris Johnson was a PM. Name one issue that she caused during her time.

[@thegreatrediscovery3496]

Funny, by almost every metric such as median wage, inflation rate, etc, the poor are... not even remotely poorer

[@aiden-cz3ss]

right pm. wrong time.

[@reubenadams7054]

As much as I have hated her politics, and hated how she clung on to power far beyond the point by which any other PM would have rightly stepped down, I found this deeply moving on a human level.

[@BoiledOctopus]

Agreed.

[@ALA-uv7jq]

Drama queen.

[@StacyFaulknerOutdoors]

Thatcher had far more power than May and never stepped down. Also, just curious, since I am an American, is Theresa related to Brian May?

[@imogenrutter9715]

I agree, Reuben.

[@autumnhomer9786]

Reuben Adams Her speech was beautiful but I feel like she was crying for herself. With no real understanding of the damage she has done.

[@TheScrowlingFender7]

Liz Truss, anyone?

[@Charlie-bm5oh]

What's that? Tears? Well now you know what a hostile environment is!

[@DerAua]

She's just weak.

[@BigFudge87]

@@DerAua words of a person who was never in a responsible position or cared enough about what he does... what a weak comment...

[@Tommy-nq5bo]

“And now my watch has ended”

[@sachabarber6791]

😂

[@jaysongasperayson189]

She fight. She lost. Now she rest. Bow to you PM May.

[@fireesword4645]

Very respectable for Theresa May to acknowledge her failure and exit in a dignified way. I personally appreciate her leadership and contribution to the country. Best of luck.

[@coreydan6418]

She should have stepped down a year ago she isnt respectful at all.

[@propertyplug9168]

Best news I’ve heard come out of the UK in 2-3 years

[@bluceree7312]

Let's see who has a back bone to replace her.

[@231swift]

not gonna be hard to be better than her

[@bighands69]

+Zen Mate It will have to be somebody with Guts who can go on and do something and turn back the PR disaster that is giving the remainers strength.

[@robinhood5627]

Enter Bojo the Clown, que the circus music, da da daa da da da da daaaada

[@garsayfsomali]

mad respect to you Prime Minister

[@purplehello98]

Unlike so many modern politicians, May compromised and even listen to the people's voices, even though she (and I) disagreed with their choice, and for that I admire her.

[@Ton369]

tough crowd...

[@ALA-uv7jq]

May will try to get extension from EU. Its not over while Ollie Robbins is still breathing.

[@michaelthomasshields]

No deal is better than a bad deal, Theresa. All you had to do was stand by your own words.

[@Robsters85]

precisely

[@Dreadtothink]

They muted the sound at the end when the photographers burst out laughing.

[@JonasH0707]

Really? 😂

[@misspiggy806]

Omg 😂😂😂

[@mrteargas8692]

I laughed my pants wet!

[@josecarvalho9388]

It is very sad that someone is defending something she is not responsible for, and she was not even a defender of the UK's exit from the European Union, and she had to fight so hard and without any success. if the british political class can not understand itself, then ask the English people if they really want to stay or leave Europe, I'm sure at this stage they really now what to decide. SECOND REFERENDUM NOW!!

[@thethinleg1247]

Does that mean the 7th of June is a National Holiday?

[@Kyel1103]

No

[@christinecraig7473]

She totally forgot to add that she enabled a massive growth and success of a public run enterprise that was country wide. That is a very great achievement! They are called FOOD BANKS.

[@gvnrchmnd]

Christine Craig Food Banks were a result of austerity. That was Cameron’s doing to reduce the countries financial deficit. Absolutely nothing to do with May and everything to do with the massive financial black hole made by years of Labour overspending and borrowing.

[@christinecraig7473]

@@gvnrchmnd Absolutely agree with you but she promised 'fair for all'.

[@gvnrchmnd]

Christine Craig You can’t expect that to happen in just 3 years after decades of Labour over spending. Plus she had this stupid Brexit to deal with over things that actually matter.

[@christinecraig7473]

@@gvnrchmnd Well let's hope whoever takes over deals with Brexit then gets on with the importance of tackling poverty in this country.

[@EclipsedKIIX]

Opening and closing of the DOORS was very satisfying to watch. People behind it are very precise. OBSERVE

[@Sweety-ut8zw]

Must have been rehearsed

[@patroclus8163]

I'm a simple teenager with a simple life. Can someone try to simply explain me why everyone hates her so much? Thanks

[@Christinesees]

Arthas Menethil please do some research.

[@DoubleMKGaming]

It would be hilarious if the door didnt open for her at the end!

[@qworky902]

Lmao

[@konradstolzerfaust928]

@Richard Terry ​ Richard Terry Richard Terry = Butthurt Leftist.

[@humaali2742]

Hahahahah

[@samikhan4218]

@@humaali2742 hi

[@DoubtThou]

Malcolm Tucker watching this like 🧐

[@wyoming2566]

Greatest prime minister over the people of UK will miss you Ms may!!

[@soulieobelissevan]

Your presence has been duly noted and deeply respected with immense gratitude. A true lady.

[@ElSchiel]

The only decent PM in 14 years. (Present PM excluded)

[@chittzz3397]

As much as i hate the tories, she deserves the title the right HONOURABLE teresa may

[@recskeimi7501]

one-sided love makes you cry, the country you love to serve does not love to be served by you

[@rutherhood5961]

I’m no fan on the tories but she was the last respectable prime minister they had

[@sasababhyena4799]

Now Boris has left.

[@jamesb821]

That’s what you get for trying to appease both sides.

[@whiteriverkid9182]

thanks for leaving May. Love is not equal to competence.