There’s been much speculation as to whether the Downing Street feline would be getting the axe under May’s new cabinet.
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He then went to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to the Queen, who will then formally appoint Theresa May as his replacement. “I will miss the roar of the crowd. I do and I have photographic evidence to prove it”, holding up a picture.
And he said Mrs May would provide “strong and stable leadership in delivering the Conservative manifesto on which we were elected” and wished her well in negotiating the withdrawal from the European Union which voters backed in last month’s referendum.
“As I leave for the last time, my only wish is for the continued success for this great country that I love so very much”, he concluded, before the traditional waves and posing for family photographs outside 10 Downing Street.
British Prime Minister David Cameron has received a standing ovation from his Conservative colleagues at the close of his final session of prime minister’s questions.
Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, remained sitting down while clapping quietly.
But the rapid departure poses logistical challenges for Mr Cameron and his wife, Samantha, including the question of where to live.
Mr Cameron later congratulated Mrs May on becoming the next prime minister, before concluding with closing remarks.
“The Channel will not get any wider once we leave the European Union, and that is the relationship we should seek”.
Defending his economic, social and foreign affairs achievements, Mr Cameron said there had been “many awesome moments” over the past six years of “public service in the national interest”.
He told Mr Corbyn: “When it comes to women prime ministers, I’m very pleased to be able to say pretty soon it’s going to be 2-0 – and not a pink bus in sight”.
Mr Corbyn, who has survived attempts to remove him from his position by his party paid tribute to the prime minister. His daughters Nancy and Florence were seen to give their father a wave and cheer him on during the session.
Larry, who was re-homed from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home in 2011, was said to have a “strong predatory drive” that suggested he would be well-suited to the task of rat catching.
Larry is a legend on Downing Street.. “She’s said that we will trigger Article 50 around the end of this year”, Chris Grayling, who managed May’s leadership campaign, told the BBC.
Mrs May, in her inaugural speech as Prime Minister standing outside #10 Downing Street, vowed to build a better Britain and unite the UK once again to preserve the “precious bond” between Britain, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
She is then expected to make her first official speech as British Prime Minister outside the same famous black door in London later on Wednesday evening.
All the same, this is the most radical speech from a Tory prime minister since John Major described his dream of a classless society.
May is expected to visit the queen shortly afterward to receive permission to form a government. But their home in the North Kensington area of west London has been rented out, and their farmhouse in the hamlet of Dean, Oxfordshire, about 117km north-west of London, is probably too far for daily commuting.
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David Hazel in Birmingham believes David Cameron will always be remembered first and foremost as the Prime Minister who held a referendum on Britain’s membership of the EU.
