"I wish I loved the human race; I wish I loved it's silly face;"

She was trying to keep to the result of the referendum, some in her party and the opposition were only concerned with taking the keys of No 10 and sod the country

I too agree TM should be commended and praised for her hard work and determination to fulfil the country's wish to leave the EU. This was an impossible task, from the start one which the Tory men did not want as Cameron proved by resigning. Now they have systematically destroyed TM they are gearing up to take the glory. The Tory men are a load of vultures circling to to eat of the carcass of the Brexit deal.
I for one will never vote Tory. Their behaviour of in fighting , lack of support for TM and putting self and party first before their country has proved that they are not worth my valuable vote.
All TM can say is 'I did my best' and that is all we can ask of anyone.

I agree that she did her best in an impossible situation. She may have made some bad decisions but I doubt anyone else could have done any better.

Some of her would be successors I'd be happy to see fail miserably! Maybe their huge egos are ripe for a crushing.

well I usually find I agree with Gone Girl, but not on this.
Think I am more inclined to agree with easybee.

yes, I guess she did her best, but she hung on too long. and yes, I agree she was given the poisoned chalice... and today seems David Cameron was advising her... says it for me.

what I get from this is the whoever is our PM they have the power!!! they make the rules etc.... that scares me, I thought we had a group of MP`s governing us... well what a mess this all is.

and as for her emotion... I love her for that.. think ..what do you think she got emotional about? I heard her say, "I love my country!" and that , I think is what made her emotional, not the so called "failure" not the leaving... the love for her and our country

To those people that have suggested Theresa May was working on her own behalf, you are wrong. She is a highly principled person who worked tirelessly against her own belief to GIVE our country what they had voted for. Sadly she was up against MANY, MANY others (of all parties) who wanted to TAKE.

The other day I was sad, today I am astonished.

There has been only one poster here who has picked up on the creation of austerity and poverty in the UK that May and her acolytes created.

Have we forgotten about the "hostile environment", the "Windrush" scandal, the almost total lack of empathy for the victims of Grenfell.

no tears for the Windrush Brits she unlawfully discriminated against

Then there was the "Bedroom Tax", the reduction in police numbers by 20,000, the increase in the UK national debt has doubled. Cuts to local authority budgets by 40% and more, cuts to support for schools and educational resources, where teachers are resorting to 'crowd funding' to enable our children's education.

Worst of all was the condemnation of Human Rights Watch:
www.hrw.org/report/2019/05/20/nothing-left-cupboards/austerity-welfare-cuts-and-right-food-uk

That came hard on the heels of a UN Report on the UK's appalling record on poverty and want since 2010:
www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=23881&LangID=E

The UN report said this: 14 million people, a fifth of the population, live in poverty. Four million of these are more than 50% below the poverty line, and 1.5 million are destitute, unable to afford basic essentials.

This decline in the UK happened when she was Home Secretary and Prime Minister - Brexit was only another failure she has been party to in the past 3 years.

As "longest serving" Home Secretary, her record remains abysmal, and to suggest it was all someone else's problem, or she had inherited a 'poisoned chalice' is disingenuous to even the Tory Party. She and they are the architects of their own extreme misfortune, and she was clearly not up to the job.

She was not up to the job as Home Secretary, and has not been up to the job as PM. Oh yes, she tried her best, but her tears, were tears of self-pity.

sorry should say 'hounded'

Sorry I certainly didn’t feel sorry for her.......& I’m sure the 17 1/2 million who voted to leave will be glad to see the back of her.She had a cabinet & advisors but it’s been widely reported that she never listened to any of them.From the start of negotiations she was weak & flakey......definitely not the sort of person to get a good deal.She should have resigned weeks ago,can’t understand why her husband didn’t say to her ‘enough is enough’.She certainly won’t be remembered like Margaret Thatcher ‘The Iron Lady’

Can't imagine what Laura Kuensberg ( apologies if mispelt) -Chief political correspondent on BBC1 national news- will do now...shes hoinded Mrs may since day 1!

Totally agree.... Her speech yesterday was so dignified. I wish her well in whatever she decides to do now.

Agree with the sympathetic comments, how sad to break down in front of thousands. What is wrong with people that they have to make such evil remarks about another human these days. I can't help thinking she got the 'Poison chalice' but did what she thought was right.

I think she was the right prime minister at the wrong time. I wish we'd had the chance to find out what she could do without Brexit looming.

Wholeheartedly agree. I hope she'll now be able to take a break, relax and recover. She had a really tough time in office. It makes me wonder why anyone would want to be prime minister!

Imv TM was never capable of managing Bexit The conservative party should not have given her the position /should have removed her earlier .As for Cameron ! spoilt brat ! Not sure where we go from here .Will we recover quicker from a labour goverment or a poor Brexit .

Nice one Gonegirl. x

The house is split not just her party

Well said Jan66. She only cried for herself. And for those who are worried by her future, she'll be absolutely fine living off the £millions her husband has made while she's been PM.

I agree, she did her best. I feel she was doomed from the start.

She did well - she was let down by a bunch of chancers playing politics who were unwilling to work together to achieve a compromise Brexit. It is their fault, not hers that Brexit hasn't happened. And if compromise is now out, then the only safe way forward is to call the whole mad riddle thing OFF and stay in the EU.

She has always had my support ,she was given a poisoned chalice.
We need to leave the E U more than ever now or pity help us !

Totally agree with gonegirl
And many other posts supporting the sadly departing Mrs May. She must be exhausted and yes a 7*holiday is what she needs now to re group. Also be good for their marriage I would think !

Totally agree and I shed a tear with her!

Completely agree with what EllanVannin has said - and I'm NOT a Conservative voter. But the way that Theresa May has been pushed/pilloried by her own Cabinet is an absolutely disgraceful display of mysoginy. Once they 'had her on the ropes' they seemed to only get worse in their bullying - no wonder she ended in tears! EXACTLY how MT was dealt with.

NOBODY - and no single party - was/is ever going to solve the issue of Brexit. When 'The Vote' was taken about our membership of the EU, the vast majority of those who voted - especially the younger generation of voters who were voting for the first time and targetted by all the parties - did NOT understand exactly what they were voting for. Brexit, and its consequences, was not fully explained. There SHOULD have been a third option - to remain but with renegotiated terms of membership.

So now the Conservative Party are going to be fighting over the crumbs of leadership and it looks as though Bumbling Boris is the current front-runner. Wonder if he'll be the only one ....................... will somebody else decide to brave enough to 'have a go at Brexit' ...................... or have they all finally got the sense to realise that is a 'poisoned chalice' and let Boris take the flack of it all.

Looks like a Rocky Road ahead - would be entertaining, if it weren't for the seriousness of the consequences of getting it wrong :-(.

Windrush. Grenfell. 14 million in poverty. 130k homeless children. 1 million food bank parcels. 1 million disability benefit sanctions. NHS privatisation. Brexit shambles. Hostile environment. And some still feel sorry for her? I certainly don't!

Russel Brand on Teresa May-link below. This sums it up. Have to agree that she had a poison chalice. Boris is only saying what he is to get into power

youtu.be/9ZXpUmpfqY4