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July 12th, 2016 
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nsnbc : Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron announced that Theresa May will step in as Prime Minister on Wednesday. The change of leadership came after Cameron decided to step down to let negotiations about the UK’s Brexit to be handled by a new leadership. May, who is considered more conservative than Cameron, is not no stranger to controversy.
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David Cameron addressed the press at No. 10 Downing Street, saying that he was delighted the his Conservative Party won’t have a long leadership election campaign. Cameron stressed that Andrea Leadon had made absolutely the right decision to step aside.
Cameron stressed that it is absolutely clear that Theresa May has the overwhelming support of the Conservative Party. Cameron said that he also was delighted that Theresa May would become the next prime minister. He described May as strong, competent, and more than able to provide the leadership that the UK is going to need in the years ahead.
Cameron added that Theresa May will have the party’s full support. Cameron said that obviously, with the changes that are ahead, the UK does not need a long period of transition. Cameron said he would go to the palace and offer his resignation on Wednesday, so there will be a new prime minister at No.10 Downing Street by Wednesday evening.
Theresa May is an Oxford graduate who spent her early career on a London Council and at the Bank of England, an experience that may come handy during Brexit negotiations. In 1997 Theresa May was elected as MP for Maidenhead in Berkshire. By 1999 she had risen to become the shadow Secretary of State for Education when the Conservative Party was in opposition. Iain Duncan Smith appointed May as shadow Secretary of State for transport. In 2002 May became the Chairman of the Conservative Party.
Under Duncan Smith’s successor, Michael Howard, May returned to the transport portfolio, and later the culture portfolio. In 2005, under the leadership of David Cameron she moved on to become the shadow leader of the House of Commons. May served for a short period as Secretary for Work and Pensions before she claimed a more permanent position as Home Secretary after the Conservative Party came to power as the leading party in the 2010-2015 coalition government. May is widely considered as more conservative than Cameron and opposed to liberal conservatism.
Theresa May is also no stranger to controversy. May advocates the criminalization of sex work, in spite of evidence that shows clearly, that criminalizing sex work increases the risk of trafficking and the risk for sex workers. May was also criticized for her handling of a 1014 child sex abuse inquiry while she was Home Secretary. In 2015 Theresa May stirred up controversy again, when she advocated restrictions on free speech as part of her anti-terrorism plan. Finally, May, along with most of her colleagues in parliament, stirred up international controversy for on one hand arguing for keeping refugees out of Britain, while her government was responsible for the disastrous war on Libya, and is responsible for the still ongoing war against Syria by proxy.
F/AK – nsnbc 12.07.2016
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