Not with a bang nor a whimper, but a wretched sob, Theresa May’s premiership came to an end with scarcely controlled weeping, as she tried to finish her resignation speech, broadcast live to millions. She was forced out not by poor European election results for the Conservatives — though the results, released Sunday, will surely show complete humiliation for her party — but by her own party, terrified she was harming their chances of ever catching a sniff of power again, or of enacting the Brexit the vast majority of Tories still want, in any form.

Even before her resignation, centrists were lauding Theresa May for dealing with a tough situation well. Brexit wasn’t the easiest of loads but could very well have been dealt with far better had she been willing. May received a particularly easy time from the British media, however, which described her as “a safe pair of hands” and diligently failed to interrogate her history or culpability for policies on immigration, austerity, race, and women’s rights.

The reality is that she will go down in history as one of the worst British premiers. As a member of Parliament she voted against reducing the age of consent for gay people, against gay couples adopting, and failed to show up for many of the votes repealing Section 28, a draconian law that banned even the mention of homosexuality in schools.