British Prime Minister Theresa May's resignation will signal the start of a leadership contest. The resignation will signal the formal start of a leadership contest during which Mrs May would remain as caretaker prime minister. "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," May said. In her resignation letter Leadsom told the prime minister she no longer believed her approach to Brexit would deliver on the 2016 referendum result to leave the EU. May's departure will kickstart a Conservative Party leadership contest -- already unofficially under way -- that is expected to be encompass more than a dozen candidates and favour a Brexiteer.

Source: Bangkok Post May 24, 2019 09:55 UTC