In an indication of her determination to resist demands for an early general election, Mrs May told party officials that she was aiming to “win big” in the poll scheduled for 2020. His wife Samantha and their children were in the public gallery.
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He had just confirmed that he would offer his resignation to Queen Elizabeth on Wednesday afternoon and that his successor Theresa May would “be in that building behind me by Wednesday evening”. Lawmakers told jokes – and Cameron joined in with gentle ribbing back.
There was some jousting with Jeremy Corbyn about the state of the opposition Labour Party.
“We got on with it, we’ve had resignation, nomination, competition and coronation – they haven’t even decided what the rules are yet!”
He was handed the rat-catching portfolio after his adoption from Battersea Cats and Dogs home in 2011.
“Sadly I can’t take Larry with me, he belongs to the house and the staff love him very much, as do I”, he said, addressing mischievous social media gossip that the cat and Cameron did not get on.
“There is a huge amount of work to do, complex issues to understand and crack, a negotiating mandate to draw up, and the big, strategic decisions are for the next Prime Minister”.
May will later visit the palace, where the queen will ask her to form a new government.
She is likely to name her Cabinet in the coming days.
Prime Minister David Cameron will be leaving 10 Downing St. – but another resident of the famous address won’t be going anywhere.
Mr Osborne looks unlikely to stay on as Chancellor after the new PM trashed parts of his economic legacy in a campaign speech on Monday, and is widely tipped to become Foreign Secretary in a potential job swap with Philip Hammond, who has long coveted the role at the Treasury. “He is a Downing Street legend”, said a spokesman for the Cabinet Office. Incoming Prime Minister Theresa May’s convoy is driving to Buckingham Palace.
Angela Eagle, the former Shadow Business Secretary, launched her leadership bid on Monday.
He says he would be a “radical and credible” leader.
Corbyn is fighting to retain his position after a dramatic loss of support among his party’s members of Parliament.
The victor will be announced in late September.
Despite the suddenness of Cameron’s exit – less than three weeks after the June 23 referendum on Britain’s membership in the European Union – he appeared relaxed and confident as he absorbed both praise and carping from opposition lawmakers.
The new leader, Britain’s home secretary – in charge of immigration and law and order – for the past six years, has the tough task of calming the country, and the financial markets, after upheaval following the result of the June 23 referendum.
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Already all eyes are on who will be in her new cabinet and in particular whether leading “pro-Brexit” figures will be given key posts in her team.
