Senior Brexiteer Chris Grayling will be rewarded for his role running Mrs May’s campaign, possibly replacing her as Home Secretary.
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Liam Fox, the former defence secretary, who was the first leadership contender to be eliminated, quickly swung behind Mrs May. And cast your mind back (an nearly incomprehensibly long way back now) to the success of the Liberal Democrats in the 2010 general election: that was all about Nick Clegg and “Cleggmania”.
‘More importantly we had this European vote just a couple of weeks ago. The public does not have an appetite for it.
Having backed Mrs May in the leadership contest Mr Benyon said it is now time for the Government to get back to the job at hand following the referendum.
The leader of the Liberal Democrats said that May had not set the agenda and had no right to govern.
Just 24 per cent say he is doing a good job.
Gordon Brown’s wife has given a unique perspective of life as the “significant other” of the Prime Minister as she wished Theresa May’s husband well at 10 Downing Street.
Earlier today Andrea Leadsom pulled out of the race to become Conservative leader leaving Mrs May as the only remaining candidate.
As for outgoing Prime Minister David Cameron, those surveyed have clearly metaphorically packed his bags and asked him to go – like Corbyn, his satisfaction rating in the poll has fallen to its lowest level ever. Opposition parties can pressure her but there is no legal way for them to force the issue and provoke a snap election, Professor Tonge says. Even though she was not in favour of Brexit, she will have to now face its repercussions. I am now putting the whole of the party on a General Election footing.
Some polls suggest that the Tories could improve their current slim majority at Westminster if a snap election was held.
But she did demand that Gordon Brown go to the country when he succeeded Tony Blair as Prime Minister in 2007.
Mr Farron today said “Theresa has got to practice what she preaches”.
Previously Ms May said there would not be an election if she was made PM as the Conservatives have a mandate to stay in power until 2020.
As Mr Corbyn filtered among Labour MPs to his seat moments before PMQs began he was cheered by Tory MPs waiting for the session to start. But with the markets surging since it was announced Mrs May had a clear run to No10 it seems highly unlikely she would want to upset the apple cart.
The Fixed Term Parliament Act does however include a clause wherever with a two-thirds majority of Parliament, an election can be called.
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Before that a PM could call one at a time which best suited them, simply by asking the Queen to dissolve parliament.
