Crowned, defined and destroyed by Brexit, UK PM Theresa May resigns
By DW
07 June 2019 |
1:22 pm
Without Brexit, Theresa May might never have occupied 10 Downing Street. It let her in, chewed her up with help from all sides, and spat her out. But Brexit isn't done, neither as a policy nor a political career killer.
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