May spoke via telephone on Wednesday evening with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Francois Hollande and Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, Efe news reported.
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All eyes are on the new Foreign Secretary Boris Johnston but of equal importance is the elevation of hardline Brexiteer David Davis to the post of minister with the task of disentangling Britan from the European Union. It is sad to see Mr Cameron depart the way he did, but I think he did the honourable thing having regard to his strong and passionate advocacy for Britain to remain in the EU.
Just over an hour after entering her new office, she started naming ministers.
Welcoming the news, Meriden MP and vocal supporter of Mrs May’s campaign, Caroline Spelman, said: “I am delighted that Britain will again have a woman Prime Minister and I am confident in Theresa’s ability to unite our country following the result of the recent European Union referendum. We will do everything we can to help anybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you”, May said, in language more often used by left-of-center politicians, rather than by members of the center-right Conservative Party.
Theresa May’s new cabinet is already starting to take shape, with Reuters reporting the resignation of finance minister George Osborne. “We are not turning our back on the world”.
The former home secretary has appointed seven female ministers to her top table, meaning that, including May, women account for more than a third (35%) of the total number of 23.
Ministers have said they have been banned from Theresa May’s Cabinet meetings without being told they have been sacked by the new Prime Minister.
Osborne, who riled colleagues with his stark warnings over the risks of Brexit before the vote, was replaced by Philip Hammond, previously the foreign minister. Hammond had served as foreign secretary in Cameron’s cabinet, but he has had previous experience of a Treasury role.
May, 59, has been Britain’s home secretary, in charge of immigration and law and order, for the past six years.
Ms May followed up on her statement that “Brexit means Brexit” and she would implement the referendum result.
He found time to congratulate Wimbledon victor Andy Murray and other British players there, and rebuffed rumours that he does not like Downing Street’s resident cat, Larry – “I do!”
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he has sent his congratulations to Britain’s new leader.
The outcome of the vote to leave the EU “has created a new situation which the United Kingdom and the European Union will have to address soon”, Mr Juncker said in a letter published on his Twitter account.
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Hammond tried to sound a reassuring note today, pledging that he would not introduce an emergency national budget – even though there are question marks hanging over the economy following the country’s decision to leave the EU. But The Sun said Cameron had been “undone by his Olympian overconfidence”, while the Guardian called him a “prime minister of broken promises”.
