Theresa May’s co-Chief of Staff resigns, says election result was ‘huge disappointment’
Nick Timothy, former co-Chief of Staff to Theresa May, announced he resigned as the Prime Minister’s adviser after the results of the general election.
According to a post signed by Nick Timothy on Conservative Home, he resigned on Friday saying the Conservatives won more than 13.6 million votes, which is an historically high number, and more than Tony Blair won in all three of his election victories. Still, Timothy called the result a ‘huge disappointment’ because of the unexpected surge in support for Labour.
“One can speculate about the reasons for this, but the simple truth is that Britain is a divided country: many are tired of austerity, many remain frustrated or angry about Brexit, and many younger people feel they lack the opportunities enjoyed by their parents’ generation,” the former adviser noted.
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He says the Conservative election campaign failed to get the idea that Theresa May is ‘the one political leader who understands this division,’ and that it also failed ‘to notice the surge in Labour support.’
“I take responsibility for my part in this election campaign, which was the oversight of our policy programme. In particular, I regret the decision not to include in the manifesto a ceiling as well as a floor in our proposal to help meet the increasing cost of social care,” Nick Timothy wrote.
In his post tiled ‘Why I have resigned as the Prime Minister’s adviser,’ Nick Timothy also notes that as the Brexit negotiations are due to begin, ‘and if the United Kingdom is to get the right deal, there is no time to waste.’
BBC reports Fiona Hill, May’s second adviser, also resigned in the wake of election.
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