Britain’s new PM May fires Cameron’s cabinet members

European Parliament chief Martin Schulz today took aim at British Prime Minister Theresa May’s new cabinet, saying it continued a “dangerously vicious cycle” that will hurt Britain and Europe. “It has had a shock as a result of the decision on June 23 to leave the European Union”.

Cameron stepped down after Britons rejected his entreaties to stay in the EU, a decision that has set back European efforts to forge greater unity and created huge uncertainty in Britain and across the 28-nation bloc. Soon after, the palace confirmed that Cameron had “tendered his resignation as prime minister and First Lord of the Treasury, which her majesty was graciously pleased to accept”.

If EU nations sought to impose “irrational” tariffs on United Kingdom exports, Britain could respond by using cash raised from levies on European imports to offer financial support to affected industries, he suggested. “Clearly, now we have a massive opportunity in this country to make a great success of our new relationship with Europe and with the world, and I’m very excited to be asked to play a part in that”, he said. Many on the Vote Leave side said Mr.

May, who had supported Britain’s continued European Union membership, moved quickly to heal divisions sparked by the referendum by appointing leading “Leave” campaigner Johnson to a senior cabinet post. The tenure of a British prime minister is not predetermined by the calendar, but is based instead on whether the leader of the majority party in power (or coalition) has the support of the House of Commons.

On her first full day in office, May removed Cameron allies including former Chancellor George Osborne and Michael Gove, the justice secretary who himself had run for Conservative leader.

Amber Rudd from the Remain camp has been named Home Secretary, after spending the previous year as energy and Climate minister.

Boris Johnson leaves Downing Street after being appointed foreign secretary.

May is expected to shuffle several top jobs and appoint a new “Brexit minister” in charge of negotiating Britain’s exit from the European Union.

“From the introduction of same sex marriage to taking people on low wages out of income tax altogether, David Cameron has led a One-Nation government and it is in that spirit that I also plan to lead”.

In her conversation with the Irish Prime Minister the two officials agreed to maintain “strong collaboration” between the two countries.

Cameron arrived at the palace in a police-escorted convoy with his wife Samantha and their children.

Speaking outside her new home, 10 Downing Street, May delivered a message directed at the British population from all walks of life.

A tough-talking home secretary for the past six years, May is something of an unknown quantity internationally, although she has received ringing endorsements from party colleagues and a normally sceptical British tabloid press.

Davis will be closely watched by investors as the prospect of Brexit buffets markets and the global business community.

May herself had sided with Cameron in trying to keep Britain inside the European Union, so needed to reach out to the winning Leave side in order to heal divisions in the ruling party and show her commitment to respecting the popular vote.

May laid out the choice between Conservative and Labour in her 2002 speech: “Because, while they believe in control, we believe in freedom”. As May spoke in front of her new residence, a small band of pro-Brexit demonstrators down the street chanted “Theresa May, don’t delay!”

That is a relief for her party and the wider country after a Brexit debate and bitter post-referendum leadership contest dominated by infighting among male Conservatives who had been friends and rivals since boarding school and university.

He will take on the crucial role of seeking to defend Britain’s economy whilst unpicking over four decades of trade, legal and diplomatic ties to the EU.

“I look forward to supporting Theresa May as Prime Minister”.

Trying to reclaim his legacy from Brexit, Cameron said his government had cut the deficit, overseen economic growth and legalized same-sex marriage.

“Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it”, Cameron said.

Pointing wistfully to the capricious winds of politics that ended his career abruptly, he said: “I was the future once”.