Theresa May bowed out after nearly three years as prime minister on Friday, defeated by her inability to deliver Brexit.
Theresa May bowed out after nearly three years as prime minister on Friday, defeated by her inability to deliver Brexit.
Here are highlights of her tumultuous time in office:
July 13,2016 — In her first speech as prime minister, May appears in Downing Street, pledging to fight the “burning injustices” that hold people back. She promises “a country that works for everyone” but will in fact find herself spending much of her time struggling with Brexit.
Jan 18,2017 — A triumphant May is portrayed on the front page of the Daily Mail next to the headline “Steel of the New Iron Lady”. She has just given a defiant speech, telling Brussels: “No deal for Britain is better than a bad deal for Britain.”
May 22,2017 — May is forced to backtrack on an election pledge to force the elderly to pay more for care after her opinion poll lead fell by half. “Nothing has changed,” she says to general incredulity.
June 4,2017 — Responding to Britain’s third militant attack in three months — the killing of seven people at London Bridge — May declared “enough is enough” and added: “Defeating this ideology is one of the great challenges of our time.
