“Following the referendum, we face a time of great national change and I know because we are Great Britain, we will rise to the challenge”, May said outside the prime minister’s Downing Street office.
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Hours after the referendum, Prime Minister David Cameron, who lobbied hard against leaving the European Union, resigned.
Mr Cameron had earlier given his final speech as prime minister outside Number 10, saying the job had been “the greatest honour” of his life and that the United Kingdom was “much stronger” than when he took over.
“It has been the greatest honor of my life to serve our country as prime minister over these last six years, and to serve as leader of my party for nearly 11 years”, he said.
Speaking as she arrived at the prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street, Ms.
He emerged from the palace at around half past five.
Standing outside her new home in Downing Street, the Conservative PM vowed to protect “ordinary working-class families” and help everyone achieve their dreams no matter their background.
The former home secretary looked directly into the waiting television cameras, and said she would make decisions based on the interests of struggling families, not the rich.
Mrs May held a meeting with the Queen, where she was appointed the Monarch’s 13th Prime Minister.
Mr Johnson was a leading figure in the victorious Leave campaign but his role in Britain’s negotiations over its future relationship with the European Union is likely to be limited because Mrs May is expected to create a new ministerial post focused on Brexit. But David’s true legacy is not about the economy but about social justice.
In a speech on Monday, she said she was “honored and humbled” to be chosen as the next PM and that her campaign had always been about the need for strong leadership in “what is sure to be hard and uncertain economic and political times”.
At this point, Her Majesty will summon May to the Palace and make the new job title official.
Along with overseeing European Union negotiations, May will need to unite a nation still deeply divided over a referendum where 52% voted Leave, and 48% voted Remain.
British Prime Minister David Cameron entertained parliament with a series of farewell quips yesterday in his last appearance as prime minister before making way for British Home Secretary Theresa May to lead the monumental task of extricating Britain from the EU. “I will miss the barbs from the opposition”.
He concluded: “It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve our country as Prime Minister over these last six years, and to serve as leader of my party for nearly eleven years”.
He said Mr Corbyn reminded him of the Black Knight from Monty Python And The Holy Grail, noting: “He’s been kicked so many times but he says “Keep going, it’s only a flesh wound”. “In that spirit, I also plan to lead”.
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“Based on the public comments we’ve seen from the incoming prime minister, she intends to pursue a course that’s consistent with the prescription that President Obama has offered”, said Josh Earnest, the White House spokesman.
