Theresa May has resigned. Three years after her inauguration, her Prime Minister relinquishes the leadership of the Tories and the British government, leaving behind a trail of grudges and criticisms. In July 2016, May arrived in Downing Street with one goal: to handle Brexit. An undertaking that would have been difficult for anyone, to tell the truth, but which, due to the way in which it was carried out, has transformed in one of the most spectacular bankruptcies in UK history, second only to that of David Cameron. In politics three years are equivalent to a geological era, but when it comes to debacle, in London it is impossible not to mention the Prime Minister who, in order to try to recover the votes lost in favor of the Eurosceptic Nigel Farage, ended up holding the referendum - suicidal - on leaving the European Union, only to then be forced to abandon Downing Street with its tail between its legs, under a hail of cross accusations for the wicked electoral campaign conducted (or rather not conducted) before the vote. If May therefore proved to be inadequate in the management and implementation of Brexit, Cameron owes the very existence of the "problem".
However, Theresa May is weighed down by the shame of having displeased anyone, especially among the conservatives, managing to obtain three consecutive rejection by the UK Parliament - a real record - on the agreement agreed with the European Union.
The resignation was announced on May 24th and, at that juncture, the Premier herself admitted: "It is and will always be a cause of deep regret for me that I not being able to deliver Brexit".
May will remain in charge of current affairs until when the Conservative Party will choose the new leader. In fact, the British political system provides that it is the party in power, in the context of crisis or resignation, that has to choose a new leader who, once elected internally, also becomes Prime Minister.
In the United Kingdom, the totonomi are already raging to figure out who will be May's successor. The big favorite is Boris Johnson who seems to have no rivals in the race for the leadership of the party and therefore also for the seat at Downing Street.
A convinced Eurosceptic, a great friend of Donald Trump, Johnson was one of the supporters of the Brexit referendum and has already made it known that he wants to "rip up" the agreement signed between May and Brussels. Johnson is part of the hard and pure air of the party. Not surprisingly, last year he decided to resign from the post of foreign minister in open controversy against the too soft line that the Premier was pursuing in the negotiations with the European Union. Only conservative "doves" could put a spanner in his works, but at the moment they do not seem to have the political strength to prevail.
In this context it must also be considered that the profile of the rivals running to lead the Conservative party does not differ much from that of the former mayor of London, except for the fact that the contenders have less charisma and less political impact than Johnson. Among the possible leaders, according to the British newspapers, there would in fact be: Michael Gove, former environment minister and Brexiter (but voted in favor of the agreement with the EU); Dominic Raab, former Brexit minister, eurosceptic. Also in the running is the former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Health, Jeremy Hunt, a former pro-European who later crossed over to the other side of the fence, e Andrea Leadsom, minister of parliamentary works who a few weeks ago decided to leave to distance himself from the positions of the Premier.
Whatever happens, the hypothesis of reaching an agreement with the European Union could have definitively disappeared, given that it now seems certain that May's successor will be a member of the more hardline wing of the Conservative party. The chances that next October 31, day on which the new Brexit deadline was set, the No deal turns into reality becomes more probable day by day.
