Theresa
May will enter Downing street as Britain’s second female prime minister, a
rapid ascent to the premiership that came after her sole remaining challenger
withdrew from the leadership race.The home secretary’s coronation
cuts short what was expected to be a bruising nine-week contest with Andrea Leadsom, and
will bring an end to David Cameron’s six-year tenure in No 10, when he will
offer his resignation to the Queen after this week’s prime minister’s questions.
May has
just two days to prepare herself for the premiership and address the pressing
questions about who will be in her cabinet, how she will unite the party after
the battle over Brexit and her preparations for the negotiations to leave the
European Union.
On
Monday, May, who had campaigned for remain in the EU referendum, said
she was “honoured and humbled” to have been chosen by her party, before
offering an olive branch to colleagues who backing leaving the EU by declaring
that she would “make a success” of Brexit.
Flanked
by dozens of Tory MPs, the home secretary paid tribute to Cameron for his
leadership of the country and party, and to Leadsom for her “dignity” in
standing aside earlier in the day, before saying the time had come to unite the
country and her party.
She
said that her campaign had been based on a series of messages: “First, the need
for strong, proven leadership to steer us through what will be difficult and
uncertain economic and political times, the need, of course, to negotiate the
best deal for Britain in leaving the EU, and to forge a new role for ourselves
in the world.
“Second,
we are going to unite our country and, third, we need a strong, new positive
vision for the future of our country, a vision of a country that works not for
the privileged few, but that works for every one of us.”
Prof. john Kurakar
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