Theresa May Becomes British Prime Minister

“I have experienced a man who is serious, who is a fan of no-nonsense policy and who was delivering at each and every moment when things started to become serious”, Juncker said.

Top European Union official Donald Tusk is congratulating Theresa May on her appointment as Britain’s new prime minister, saying that he looks forward to “a fruitful working relationship”.

She has now become Britain’s 75th Prime Minister. It is said that the Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies; and one can imagine that Blair, twice victor overseas but enmired at home, is similarly seduced by foreign politeness.

Boris Johnson, probably the best-known member of the new cabinet in the USA, is now Britain’s foreign secretary, making him the country’s senior diplomat as Britain extricates itself from the EU.

“From the introduction of same-sex marriage to taking people with low wages out of income tax all together, David Cameron has led a one-nation government”, she said.

‘But David’s true legacy is not about the economy but about social justice. Many of those people, fed up with remote politicians and bureaucrats, voted to leave the EU.

“When it comes to opportunity we won’t entrench the advantages of the fortunate few”. “We will do we everything we can to give you more control over your lives”.

Addressing the nation from Downing Street for the first time as PM, Mrs May stressed that the full name of the Tory party included the word “unionist” and she meant to try to keep the country together after a clear majority of voters in Scotland and Northern Ireland rejected withdrawal from the European Union in the referendum.

Boris Johnson has been appointed Foreign Secretary, Downing Street confirmed.

Speaking as she arrived at the prime minister’s office at 10 Downing Street, Ms.

Philip Hammond has been appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer and former chancellor George Osborne has resigned from Government, Downing Street has announced. May’s former job of home secretary went to Amber Rudd.

In his final appearance in Parliament as Prime Minister, Cameron opened with the quip that “apart from one meeting in the afternoon with the Queen, my diary is remarkably light”.

Cameron gave a short speech as he left the Downing Street office for the last time.

Taking his last Cabinet meeting, the outgoing PM spoke of his “honour and pleasure” at having served for six years and told colleagues Mrs May was “the right person to lead the country wisely through the hard times ahead”.

“It’s not been an easy journey, and of course we’ve not got every decision right”.

Earlier this evening, she was driven to Buckingham Palace where the Queen granted her an audience.

Pictures were released of the visit, during which Theresa May curtsied before the Queen and kissed her hand.

May, 59, has been Britains Home Secretary in charge of immigration and law and order for the past six years. She was a high-profile supporter of the “Remain” camp in the referendum.

Mrs May posed with husband Philip on the steps of No 10, laughing and waving to the world’s press, before turning to enter her new home.

She is under pressure from pro-Brexit Conservatives and other European Union leaders to start formal exit talks with the bloc.