Hello and welcome to The Intelligence on Economist Radio. I'm your host, Jason Palmer. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

President Donald Trump has lost two crucial battles in his efforts to keep his financial records private.

It's a skirmish that could be heading for the Supreme Court, and it seems the ruling there would also be unlikely to go his way.

And has a piece of music ever raised the hair on your neck, given you a chill, made you outright euphoric?

A new book tackles the complicated question of why people like the music they do.

First up, though. Today, Theresa May announced her resignation as Britain's Prime Minister after failing three times to push her Brexit deal through Parliament.

Mrs May spent two years negotiating an agreement with the European

Union about the terms of Britain's departure, only to have members of Parliament turn it down

time and time again. 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 honours 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.

She was forced to extend Britain's departure from the EU for an additional seven months.

Her fourth attempt to forge a deal, the withdrawal agreement bill,

alienated her supporters by offering the prospect of another referendum.

It was this that finally cost

her leadership of the Conservative Party and the country. Whatever our background, the colour

of our skin or who we love, we stand together, and together we have a great future. Our politics

may be under strain, but there is so much that is good about this country,

so much to be proud of, so much to be optimistic about. I will shortly leave the job that it has

been the honour of my life to hold. The second female Prime Minister, but certainly not the last.

...