She is becoming prime minister earlier than anticipated because her opponent withdrew from the Conservative Party leadership contest, and some leaders of the campaign to leave the European Union want the legal process to begin right away. He was adopted by the prime minister in 2011 to address a mouse problem.
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Britain’s outgoing Prime Minister, David Cameron (L) speaks to incoming prime minister Theresa May and Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond, during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons, July 13, 2016.
It all kicks off at noon when Cameron, PM since 2010, takes his final question and answer session in the House of Commons.
She has also said she will appoint a “Brexit minister” to oversee negotiations with the EU.
Investors will be watching Ms May’s first days in office closely but with greater optimism as the value of the pound, which fell by up to 15 per cent against the dollar and the euro in the days of the Brexit vote, has rebounded on news of her impending promotion.
Although May campaigned against the United Kingdom exiting the European Union, she has vowed to uphold the voters’ wishes and promised to create a new government department responsible for conducting the UK’s negotiations to withdraw from the EU, to be headed by a “member of parliament who campaigned for Britain to leave the EU”. At the Wimbledon tennis tournament men’s final on Sunday, the crowd booed when Cameron’s name was mentioned as he watched from the royal box. Theresa May will become Britain’s new Minister on Wednesday.
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. As of next month, she will have been in the position for longer than anyone else in the past century.
She added it was “sad to see him go”, but welcomed the arrival of Mrs May as a “safe pair of hands on the tiller”. Her decision to withdraw from the race was courageous and I’m sure a hard one, and I thought her statement was extremely dignified. To hold faith with over 17 million voters who opted for Leave she must trigger Article 50 at the earliest realistic opportunity. Last year, she launched an inquiry into the improper handling of child abuse.
Before the referendum, May had campaigned for Britain to remain in the European Union, albeit in a low-key fashion. Although that sounds easy enough, it isn’t: it means she’ll have to negotiate with the EU about Britain’s exit and about the country’s new relationship with the European superstate.
May is now campaigning with a focus on Britain’s working class.
Martin Trepte, editor of the Maidenhead Advertiser, the local newspaper, said: “She’s a mature, grown-up, no-nonsense politician”.
“That’s very sensible. It will ensure confidence among those in the party who did campaign to leave that they have a champion who believes in what they campaigned for”, Grayling said.
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“For example there was talk of Siemens pulling out of Cumbria and people were anxious”.
