“You’ve kept me vaguely sane and as well as being an wonderful wife, mother and businesswoman, you have done something every week in that building behind me to celebrate the best of voluntary service in our country”.
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“So I want to take this moment to say thank you to all those who have written letters and emails offering me that support, people who I will never get to meet and never get to thank personally”.
With the country facing pressure from the European Union to start Brexit negotiations, salvage a plummeting economy and unite a divided nation, May faces a daunting job as Prime Minister.
After the remarks, May stopped and waved outside No. 10 Downing Street beside her husband, Philip.
The warmth in the House of Commons culminated in loud applause and a standing ovation from his Conservative colleagues for Cameron, 49, who resigned after voters rejected his advice and made a decision to leave the European Union.
But Mr. Cameron will mainly be remembered as the prime minister who gambled – and lost – by holding a referendum in which he called on Britons to continue more than four decades of European integration.
“I think around the cabinet table yesterday the feeling was that we have our Angela Merkel”, said Jeremy Hunt, health secretary in Cameron’s team which met for the last time on Tuesday.
Soon afterward the palace released a photo of May curtseying to the monarch at the palace.
This was a reference to his first ever PMQs appearance, then as leader of the opposition, when he said of former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair: “He was the future once!”
“My advice to my successor, who is a brilliant negotiator, is that we should try to be as close to the European Union as we can be for the benefits of trade, cooperation and of security”, he said.
He posed for images in front the shiny black door, waved, and embarked on the brief trip to the palace.
May, 59, has been Britain’s home secretary, in charge of immigration and law and order, for the past six years.
Before she can get to work, May has to wait for David Cameron to formally end his six-year term. She is seen as a fit candidate by her supporters to steer Britain through these tumultuous times.
Last but not the least, May will have to renew and harness political and economic relations with many world leaders like US President Barack Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, etc.to regain UK’s stand in the global sphere.
His last session in the House of Commons culminated in loud applause and a standing ovation from his Conservative colleagues. His wife Samantha and their children were in the public gallery. Lawmakers told jokes – and Cameron joined in with gentle ribbing back.
He found time to congratulate Wimbledon victor Andy Murray and other British players there, and rebuffed rumours that he does not like Downing St.’s resident cat, Larry – “I do!”
He told Jeremy Corbyn: ‘It gives me the opportunity to put a rumour to rest as well…the rumour that I somehow don’t love Larry.
“I will miss the roar of the crowd”.
Queen Elizabeth II sees them come, and sees them go.
“Other than one meeting later today with the Queen, my diary for the rest of the day is considerably light”, quipped the outgoing Prime Minister.
May is expected to visit the queen shortly afterward to receive permission to form a government.
She is likely to name her Cabinet in the coming days.
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Larry’s been at home at 10 Downing Street since 2011 when he was recruited from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home for his ability to catch mice.
