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Breaking News: British Prime Minister Theresa May resigned on May 24, 2019.

以下是梅姨辞职演讲全文：

Ever since I first stepped through the
door behind me as prime minister, I have striven to make the United
Kingdom a country that works not just for a privileged few, but for
everyone.

And to honor the result of the E.U. referendum.

Back in 2016, we gave the British people a choice.

Against all predictions, the British people voted to leave the European Union.

I
feel as certain today as I did three years ago that in a democracy, if
you give people a choice you have a duty to implement what they decide.

I have done my best to do that.

I
negotiated the terms of our exit and a new relationship with our
closest neighbors that protects jobs, our security and our union.

I have done everything I can to convince M.P.s to back that deal.

Sadly, I have not been able to do so.

I tried three times.

I believe it was right to persevere, even when the odds 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, 7 June, so that a successor can be chosen.

I have agreed with the party chairman
and with the chairman of the 1922 Committee that the process for
electing a new leader should begin in the following week.

I
have kept Her Majesty the Queen fully informed of my intentions, and I
will continue to serve as her prime minister until the process has
concluded.

It is, and will always remain, a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit.

It will be for my successor to seek a way forward that honors the result of the referendum.

To succeed, he or she will have to find consensus in Parliament where I have not.

Such a consensus can only be reached if those on all sides of the debate are willing to compromise.

For
many years the great humanitarian Sir Nicholas Winton — who saved the
lives of hundreds of children by arranging their evacuation from
Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia through the Kindertransport — was my
constituent in Maidenhead.

At another
time of political controversy, a few years before his death, he took me
to one side at a local event and gave me a piece of advice.

He said, ‘Never forget that compromise is not a dirty word. Life depends on compromise.’

He was right.

As we strive to find the compromises we
need in our politics — whether to deliver Brexit, or to restore devolved
government in Northern Ireland — we must remember what brought us here.

Because the referendum was not just a call to leave the E.U. but for profound change in our country.

A
call to make the United Kingdom a country that truly works for
everyone. I am proud of the progress we have made over the last three
years.

We have completed the work
that David Cameron and George Osborne started: The deficit is almost
eliminated, our national debt is falling and we are bringing an end to
austerity.

My focus has been on
ensuring that the good jobs of the future will be created in communities
across the whole country, not just in London and the southeast, through
our Modern Industrial Strategy.

We have helped more people than ever enjoy the security of a job.

We
are building more homes and helping first-time buyers onto the housing
ladder — so young people can enjoy the opportunities their parents did.

And we are protecting the environment, eliminating plastic waste, tackling climate change and improving air quality.

This is what a decent, moderate and
patriotic Conservative government, on the common ground of British
politics, can achieve, even as we tackle the biggest peacetime challenge
any government has faced.

I know
that the Conservative Party can renew itself in the years ahead, that we
can deliver Brexit and serve the British people with policies inspired
by our values: security, freedom and opportunity.

Those values have guided me throughout my career.

But
the unique privilege of this office is to use this platform to give a
voice to the voiceless, to fight the burning injustices that still scar
our society.

That is why I put proper funding for mental health at the heart of our N.H.S. long-term plan.

It is why I am ending the post code lottery for survivors of domestic abuse.

It is why the Race Disparity Audit and gender pay reporting are shining a light on inequality, so it has nowhere to hide.

And
it is why I set up the independent public inquiry into the tragedy at
Grenfell Tower — to search for the truth, so nothing like it can ever
happen again, and so the people who lost their lives that night are
never forgotten.

Because this country is a Union.

Not just a family of four nations.

But a union of people — all of us.