The leader of the Dutch Socialist Party (SP) has resigned after last month’s election defeat. Lilian Marijnissen, 38, wrote on the social media platform X that the party needs “a new face,” following a string of drubbings at the polls and years spent in the opposition. She said she was stepping down both as party leader and as a member of parliament. The SP, which has its roots in the Maoist movement of the 1970s, lost four more seats in the November 22 elections, leaving it with just five mandates in parliament. Outgoing conservative Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is withdrawing from Dutch po…