Great Britain
Former Prime Minister May no longer wants to run
After Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990), she was only the second woman to head the government in London: Theresa May photo
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Former British Prime Minister May no longer wants to run for a parliamentary seat. Since resigning as head of government, she has sat on the backbenches as a rank-and-file MP.
The former British Prime Minister Theresa May no longer wants to run for a parliamentary seat in the parliamentary elections due in January 2025 at the latest. The conservative politician announced this via short message service X, formerly Twitter.
The 67-year-old was Prime Minister of her country from 2016 to 2019. She took over from her party colleague David Cameron after the British vote for Brexit. However, her most important political project, to lead Great Britain out of the European Union with an exit agreement, failed due to resistance from the House of Commons. Only her successor Boris Johnson managed to carry out Brexit in an orderly manner with a modified agreement.
May was only the second woman to head the government in London after Margaret Thatcher (1979 to 1990). Since her resignation as head of government, May has sat as an ordinary MP on the backbenches of the Conservative government party and was considered a sharp critic of Johnson.
However, May wrote in her message that her social commitment, such as against modern slavery and human trafficking, has taken up more and more time. “Therefore, after careful consideration and consideration, I realized that I can no longer continue to do my job as a member of parliament in a way that I think is right and that my voters deserve,” the politician continued. However, she wants to continue to support the current Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the government and believes that an election victory for the Conservatives is still possible. In polls, however, the Tories are far behind the opposition Labor Party.
Message from May on X (formerly Twitter)