“Andrea Leadsom spoke with great dignity and courage today”.
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“We’ll have a new prime minister in that building behind me by Wednesday evening”, he said outside 10 Downing Street.
Prime Minister David Cameron welcomed the development and said he would offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday after attending a final session of Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons.
Speaking outside Parliament, Mrs.
She said simply that it is now up to the United Kingdom to officially tell the European Union that it wants to leave the bloc – only then can the procedure begin.
She said Britain needed a government that would “move quickly to set out what an independent United Kingdom’s framework for business looks like”.
While May supported Britain staying in the European Union, she cut a low profile during the referendum and has insisted she will honour the vote, stressing: “Brexit means Brexit”.
He said: “She’s more than able to provide the leadership the country is going to need in the years ahead and she will have my full support”.
The person who is replacing Cameron is Theresa May, a leader of the Conservative Party since July 2016.
Michael Gove, the justice secretary and former leadership candidate, is another prominent Outer who has accepted May will be the next PM.
The victor of the leadership contest was supposed to take over from Cameron shortly after results were to be announced on September 9. She was Home Secretary (interior minister) since 2010. She has a reputation for solid, unflashy competence and for prevailing over her rivals.
The comparison with Thatcher, the “Iron Lady” who governed from 1979 to 1990 and refashioned Britain in line with her free-market ideology, appeals to many Tories. Her withdrawal adds another twist to a British political season that has been marked by constant surprise and upheaval.
Leadsom withdrew from the leadership race after a controversial interview in which she suggested that, by having no children, May was less qualified than her to be prime minister.
Conservative lawmaker Andrea Leadsom – one of two candidates to become Britain’s prime minister – has pulled out of the race. Her allies accused May supporters of attempting to undermine Leadsom. Cameron led the campaign to remain in the EU. He has ignored a vote of no confidence from the party’s lawmakers, saying he has a responsibility to carry out that mandate.
Among Tweets ridiculing people for confusing her with David Cameron’s replacement, Teresa – real named Teresa Betteridge – is also advertising pre-worn underwear for sale as well as signed topless selfies.
May’s uncontested win sparked calls for a snap general election.
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May was officially named Conservative Party leader and successor to Cameron “with immediate effect” Monday, said Graham Brady, chair of the 1922 Committee, a collection of Conservative members of Parliament key to electing the party leader.
