Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20190524:09:06:00
Against success seemed high. but it is now clear to me that it is in the best interests of the country for a new prime minister to lead that effort. so i am today announcing that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday, the 7th of june, so that a successor can be chosen. i've agreed with the party chairman and with the chairman of the 1922 committee that the pro processing for electing a new leader should begin in the following week. i have kept her manujesty the conve queen fully informed of my intentions and i will serve as her prime minister until the proces...