Analysis: How Theresa May became the latest prime minister to be beaten by Brexit.
LONDON — When Theresa May became prime minister she was hailed as a woman who could get things done. On Friday, sheTasked to deliver the most important and divisive change in Britain since the Second World War, she instead oversaw a two-and-a-half-year premiership marked by division, infighting and Brexit uncertainty.
Cameron became the first political casualty of the shock Brexit referendum when he announced his intention to quit just hours after the result came out. Both leaders staked their reputations on Brexit and lost.At first, May was hailed as a steely leader when she took power. A year earlier, in 2015, her party won an outright majority in House of Commons after working in a coalition government for the previous five years.
European Parliament elections took place in the U.K. on Thursday — the result isn't due until Sunday — with the Conservatives are expected to get as little as 7 percent of the national vote share, as Nigel Farage's new Brexit Party attracts disaffected Euroskeptic voters. But instead of winning an increased majority, her party lost seats and was forced to rely on the small Northern Irish Democratic Unionist Party in a coalition government.
“The problem was that she didn’t start counting on day one, and only did when she suffered horrendous defeat. Everything that she’s done since has been too little too late,” said Roberts.
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