He said May would provide “strong and stable leadership” and wished her luck in negotiations for Britain leave the European Union – the issue that caused his demise.
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“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve our country as prime minister over these last six years, and to serve as leader of my party for nearly 11 years”, he said outside 10 Downing St., accompanied by his wife Samantha and his children – 12-year-old Nancy, 10-year-old Elwen and 5-year-old Florence.
May has said she will appoint a Cabinet-level Brexit minister along with a Brexit department to spearhead the negotiations with other European nations. She has said she would honor the referendum but hasn’t spelled out details of how quickly she would move to separate Britain from the EU.
“Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it. After all, as I once said, I was the future once”. “I appreciate the maturity of judgment, the steely resolve, the sense of justice and the personal integrity and warmth you have always shown”.
Mr Cameron “warmly congratulated” Theresa May, who sat next to him during the session, on her election and told Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn that “when it came to female prime ministers I am glad to say the score will soon be two-nil”.
DOWNING Street feline celebrity Larry the cat is odds-on 4-7 favourite with bookmaker Coral to outlast new Prime Minister Theresa May at Number 10, following the news that the tabby will not be leaving with David Cameron.
Later Wednesday, Cameron will tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace, after which the monarch will task May with forming a government.
May campaigned, albeit it quietly, with Cameron for Britain to stay in the European Union and she will have to convince eurosceptics within her party and the country at large that she has no intention of ducking out of implementing the June 23 vote to quit the bloc.
Humphrey was on the payroll, receiving £100 ($179) a year from the Cabinet Office budget.
Financial markets, which had been extremely volatile since the referendum, reacted positively to news on Monday that Ms May would become prime minister earlier than expected, with sterling making strong gains against the dollar and the euro.
The shocks of the referendum result, Cameron’s resignation, and disarray in the main opposition Labour Party have plunged Britain into its deepest political crisis in modern times.
The brutal swiftness of British politics was on display Tuesday as moving vans pulled up to take David Cameron’s possessions away from 10 Downing Street and his successor posed for photos in front of her new home.
May will be Britain’s second female Prime Minister after Margaret Thatcher, who held office from 1979 to 1990.
Eagle launched a challenge on Monday, after months of criticism over Corbyn’s performance crystallised over his perceived lacklustre efforts to keep Britain in the EU.
May is expected to begin announcing cabinet picks later on Wednesday and these could reportedly include current energy minister Amber Rudd, foreign minister Philip Hammond and Brexit campaigner Chris Grayling, the Conservatives’ House of Commons leader.
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