British ruling Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Andrea Leadsom, launches her campaign in London, Monday, July 4, 2016.
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Justice Secretary Michael Gove was eliminated in the contest to replace Cameron, who announced he will stand down by October.
And regardless of who they pick, the new leader of Britain will become the second woman ever to hold the keys to Downing Street.
Speaking outside Parliament following the leadership vote, Theresa May has vowed to “make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of us”.
Following the announcements, May said she was “delighted” to receive support from members of the Tory party.
“This vote shows the Tory party can come together and unite, and under my leadership it will”, May said, after securing the support of 199 MP’s.
While this has been claimed to be a sound endorsement of the pro-EU Ms. May by Conservative MPs, Leadsom may yet still find favour with the more predominantly Eurosceptic membership of the Conservative party.
About 150,000 members of the Conservatives Party across Britain will now vote by postal ballot to decide whether May or Leadsom become Britain’s first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher was forced from office in 1990.
But he refused to criticise her opponent Andrea Leadsom when asked if there would be security risks if the relatively inexperienced junior minister won the leadership race.
May backed the Remain camp in the referendum while Leadsom campaigned strongly for Leave and has the backing of former Leave leader Boris Johnson.
“I’ve always said there should be a proper contest and now is the time for me and my team to take my case out to the party members in the country”.
Mrs May’s campaign received a boost with an endorsement from The Sun newspaper – which proclaimed on its front page that the “new Mrs T must be Tezza not Leadsom”.
Mr Marr said some people claim Mr Farage is the “great victor of this [Brexit], in many respects, he should be there [ in the Brexit negotiations] and not pushed by the Westminster establishment”. “I say to all who are legally here that you will be welcome to stay”.
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She has less political experience than May and has faced allegations from rivals that she exaggerated her experience in the financial sector. And one Labour MP said the party should be “ashamed”.
