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I am at Westminster, with a special edition of Outside Source.

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Theresa May becomes Britain's new Prime Minister.

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Together, we will build a better Britain.

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Theresa May was officially appointed by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

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She has already appointed some key posts in her cabinet.

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The most eye-catching so far is that the former mayor

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of London, Boris Johnson, is Foreign Secretary.

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Earlier, David Cameron made his resignation

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speech, with his wife and children beside him.

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He made a passionate defence of his time in office.

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as we leave for the last time, my only wish is the continued success

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of this great country which I love so very much. Thank you. I will

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bring you all the details of the quite remarkable day.

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I'm Karin Giannone in the BBC Newsroom, here in London.

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We will also get international reaction to today's events,

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including from Europe, where they will be eager to know

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Get in touch using the hashtag bbc os.

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Good evening from Westminster and welcome back to Outside Source.

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Theresa May is spending her first night inside Downing Street as Prime

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But she has not wasted any time in getting down to business.

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We have already seen several high-profile cabinet appointments.

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We can talk to Vicki Young in Downing St.

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We can talk to Rob Johnson. Boris Johnson is the name that may have

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taken people by surprise. The blonde bombshell of Brexit. I think she has

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done because he is very popular with activists. And I also think that it

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is a good post for him simply to be out of that weird bit. But he is a

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very good salesman. She thinks he may be ideal in a post Brexit world.

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How many people will be surprise, especially with the comments he has

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made in his newspaper column. A real break with their past, as well, with

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the likes of George Osborne leaving. David Cameron and George Osborne was

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very much a get one and get one free. I do not think this is so much

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of an ideological change, but she is joined to save, this is a new start.

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She was also seeing that the government was not going to be for

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the privileged few. We have just had the key positions. Is there any

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sense of this being a Theresa May government. I think you get the

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sense that she is trying to balance Brexit with her side of the argument

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to remain in the European Union. She does not want to start off by having

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an almighty fall out with the Conservative Party members and the

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other MPs. We have a leading Brexit campaigner kicking charge of

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negotiating that exit from the European Union. We have another

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Brexit campaigner with this new Trade Minister position, Liam Fox.

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Her speech was interesting, pointing out that she was not going to run a

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government for the privileged. I think she was trying to appeal to a

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lot of these people who had voted to leave the European Union. She David

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Cameron had said he wanted to use this term to shake off the image of

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the Conservative Party of being only for the rich and privileged. She has

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said that he had started that work. Clearly, she is intent on carrying

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that time. But no we are in this position where we have two negotiate

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our exit from the European Union. It is not going to be easy. Thank you

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very much for joining us. With the arrival of

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So with Theresa May's arrival here today,

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and he won a Conservative majority at the last general election,

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His time in office was dominated by the economy and trying

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But a crushing referendum defeat has forced him out.

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Nick Robinson reports now on Mr Cameron's legacy.

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It began where it ended, on the doorstep of Number 10.

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It began with success which few expected and ended in failure,

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David Cameron became our youngest Prime Minister for 200 years,

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not because he won an election but because he won over Nick Clegg

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Prime Minister, do you now regret when once asked what your favourite

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The joke was on those who said the coalition could never last.

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Love it or loathe it, theirs would be a stable government,

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unlike most countries in Europe after the worst economic

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The cuts they said they had to make and what was called the age

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This afternoon, the man who was Mr Cameron's Director

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of Communications spoke to me in a quiet, now empty,

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There was a dinner at Downing Street last night where David Cameron had

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And somebody paying tribute to him said he was a quiet revolutionary

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He started by forming a coalition government and that really

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And he showed the vision and determination to do it

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because he gave economic stability to the country at a time

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Many Tories did not much like the coalition,

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A Conservative Prime Minister siding with gay campaigners

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and against those who insisted marriage should only be

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And his decision to increase spending on overseas aid

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while cutting it at home was scarcely more popular,

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with a growing number tempted to back Ukip,

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a party that was winning more and more support, even though he'd

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once dismissed them as a home for fruitcakes and loonies.

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I have been up half the night and this is absolutely marvellous!

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Amid growing pressure from within and without,

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David Cameron made this fateful promise.

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We will give the British people a referendum with a very

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To stay in the European Union on these new terms or to

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It was a massive gamble that EU leaders would give him a better deal

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and the British voters would back it.

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A gamble that was to go spectacularly wrong.

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This issue of whether or not Britain remained in or out of EU

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It just happen to land on the station on his watch.

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It was inevitable that there was going to be a referendum.

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He showed real leadership, guts and determination in calling it.

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It didn't work out for him but there was real leadership there.

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Some said a referendum was too risky, but David Cameron agreed

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to another on Scottish independence and though it looked

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mighty close at times, he won it, thanks to

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what Yes campaigners complained was Project Fear.

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His next big electoral test was last year's General Election.

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He warned that electing Ed Miliband would produce instability and chaos.

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But I suggested to him that that is precisely what would result

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And if you don't win the referendum, what is Plan B for Britain?

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You may have a negotiation you cannot succeed in.

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And a vote that if you lose, and Britain will be out of the EU.

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It was, although, a popular - perhaps

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an election-winning - promise.

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We are saying the Conservatives are the largest party.

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But just 13 months later, another electoral surprise.

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David Cameron had led us out of the EU by mistake.

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In the end, his legacy will be having ripped up Britain's

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relationships with our nearest neighbours and also left a country

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that is very divided and that wasn't what he wanted to do.

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That is why the Cameron family were forced to leave Number 10

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today, two years earlier than they had originally planned.

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In a few days, David Cameron will take his place on the wall

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here at Number 10 alongside other former Prime Ministers.

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When he got the job he told me that what mattered was character.

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He left office today because of one decision that went terribly wrong.

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Nick Robinson, BBC News, 10 Downing Street.

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Earlier, I caught up with the Former British Ambassador

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to the United States, Sir Christopher Meyer.

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I began by asking him what people in capitals around the world will be

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wondering, as they watch these events unfold in the UK.

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the world be wondering what British foreign policy is going to do next.

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They are now leaving Europe. Obviously, the Prime Minister has

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made that clear. Other countries will no be seen what Britain going

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to do, are they going to be inward looking. They have to make it clear

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that this is an opportunity to for Britain boat in the world. We do not

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want to become a shrivelled little island off the coast of Europe.

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Around the world, look out for a radically new different British

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foreign policy. One that seeks to exploit possibilities and

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relationships all over the world. It is the logical thing to do. If

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you're going to leave the European Union, you have to reach out to all

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the other allies and partners we have around the world. I think we

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will see a big push in that direction. He are seeing a short

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while ago that there had dealings with America as Home Secretary give

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you some pointers. I think it will be fundamentally the same as it has

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been. Theresa May Is a realist foreign policy and she will realise

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that the United States remains our most important partner and ally, but

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she will be afraid and she has form in this, to stand up to the

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Americans when they start to do things which damage British

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interests. The classic case was the Gary McKinnon case, the British

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computer hacker. The Americans wanted to extradite him to the

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United States. She refused. In that respect, I think she will have a

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good relationship, but she will be may be very like Mrs Thatcher and we

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she did that. You are a former diplomat, how difficult will that

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Eadie of negotiating Brexit B. I think it is going to be something of

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great complexity. It comes in two parts. That is the pecking all the

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things that have netted us together to the European Union over the next

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40 years and then that is the construction of a new relationship

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with the 27 countries within the European Union, with regard to

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trade. What is that commercial went relationship going to be? There

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needs to be a strategy in place. We seek expect to see news about that

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soon. We saw David Cameron earlier on. He was listing has achievements

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as Prime Minister. Will his legacy be one work, which is Brexit? I fear

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that David Cameron, who in many respects was a great Prime Minister,

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will have on his political tombstone, the word Brexit, just as

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Tony Blair has his political tombstone, the word Iraq.

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That's all from me at Westminster. Back to Karin in the studio.

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I will be talking to Katty Kay in Washington shortly,

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for the view from the US of Britain's new prime minister

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Millions of people up and down the country will be reflecting

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tonight on what lies ahead for Britain's new Prime Minister

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and whether she will deliver on her pledges for a

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"fairer economy", changes to immigration and the best

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Our correspondent Jon Kay has been sampling the people's view

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With politics turned on its head, a Trampoline Park seems

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Swindon voted for Brexit but after all the twists and turns

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of the last few weeks, people here say what they want most

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I hope she will steady us and put our worries at rest.

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With everything that has to be done, she has a tough job on her hands.

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The new Prime Minister faces some huge challenges.

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Jane hopes Mrs May will not just focus on Brexit.

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There are so many other things that are important, the NHS, schools,

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so much else going on that I would like her to move

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on from that and start focusing on other things besides

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In the town centre, the people of Swindon watched

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as the transfer of power got under way at Westminster.

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We asked voters to give us one word to describe the kind

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of Prime Minister may want to Theresa May to be.

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I think she should be a good listener.

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I think she should be a good listener.

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Because it is about time we had somebody who listens to the people.

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Somebody who will walk the walk and not just talk the talk.

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To the Swindon Steam Museum, where grandmother Denise is worried

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by the fact that Mrs May did not want Brexit, she hopes the new Prime

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If we don't crack on with it, we are dragging our feet, we are not...

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I think we have to be seen to be as strong as a country.

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Many visitors told us that Theresa May needs to unite

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What should be top of her to-do list?

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This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.

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Theresa May has become the new British prime minister.

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She was officially appointed by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

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She has been making her cabinet appointments.

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Boris Johnson will be foreign secretary.

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David Davis has also been appointed as the Secretary of State in charge

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of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.

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The White House has congratulated Theresa May on her appointment

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She becomes the country's second female leader after

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She also joins a number of women leaders in the World as BBC

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points out, ahead of the US Elections this year.

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"If Hillary wins in November, the US, UK, Germany,

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Federal Reserve and IMF will all be run by women".

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Katty has just co-authored a book called Womanomics,

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which takes a look at the largely hidden power that women have

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She joins us from our Washington studio.

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What a scenario, how would this affect waddled dynamics? It could

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potentially be include the United Nations as well come off with women

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is tipped to take over the top job there as well. It is a scenario that

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probably even 20 years ago would have been unthinkable. Two of three

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of the three big global economies and two of the most important

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financial institutions in the world being run by women. It is clearly

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unprecedented. It is also important in that it sends a message to young

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women that it is possible to have those jobs. They see role models in

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the top positions. If you believe as I do and the evidence seems to

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suggest that we are all better off when there is a mix of men and women

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running things, it is probably quite good news. You mentioned Hillary

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Clinton. As the country ready for easy meal president? I think so. I

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am not hearing on the campaign trail that people are not prepared to vote

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for her because of that. I hear a lot of criticism of her,

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particularly from younger women, but it is nothing to do with her gender.

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Younger women see that they are convinced that they will have a

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female president in the life thing, they are just not sure if they

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wanted to be Hillary Clinton. Other people think it is a question of

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urgency. Older people want to see it sooner rather than later. They

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recovered her as the best shot. So I think people here would be ready to

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elect her. The Playhouse has congratulated Theresa May on

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becoming Prime Minister. Paul will remake of Boris Johnson in the

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unique -- United States? Theresa May Is not particularly well known in

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the United States, but Boris Johnson is actually quite well known. I do

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not know if they would take him very seriously. The see him as something

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of a showman. The do not really look much about his record as the Mayor

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of London. It will be interesting to see how he manages the relationships

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in Washington. But they have already said that the United Kingdom, is a

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country that the view as the valuable ally. It will be

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interesting to see how this plays out.

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One of Theresa May's first tasks as PM was to appoint a minister

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to take charge of Britain's exit from the European Union.

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He will be former shadow home secretary, David Davis.

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Today, top EU officials said they wanted things to stay civil

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Let me show you this comment from the European Council President

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He told the Polish media that: "No one should be seething with desire

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"to punish or humiliate (the British) for what

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"We cannot push them away from us, but we cannot let them profit

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from Brexit, as that would be lethal for the EU."

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Our correspondent, Katya Adler, has more on the view from Europe.

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For the rest of Europe, the significance of Theresa May

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becoming British Prime Minister is this - she will be the figurehead

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leading Britain's exit from the European Union,

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and she will need to negotiate the details

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In an awkward situation, maintaining cordial

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Today, on an official visit to China, the EU

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I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile mood.

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I'm not giving public advice to the incoming

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I don't want to lecture her, I don't want to talk about her

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It's here in Brussels that Theresa May will meet all EU leaders

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for the very first time at a summit in a couple of months,

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and she'll be anxious to grab that opportunity to talk

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to them off the record - perhaps over a cup of coffee -

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about the kind of deal the UK can expect outside the EU.

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But she'll have her work cut out for her, because some of those

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leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit until the formal

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process of the UK leaving has started.

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It's going to be quite some juggling act.

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It wants tough negotiations to put others, especially

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Eurosceptic French voters, off pushing to leave the EU.

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Italy wants to send a strong message, too -

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with its own economic and political problems it needs

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While Eastern and Baltic Europe don't want to alienate Britain.

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They need UK backing to keep a hard line against Russia.

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But this, arguably, is Theresa May's most important negotiating partner

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Like Theresa May, steely, wily, determined.

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Of course, Theresa May is no stranger to Brussels.

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She's been here many times for EU ministers' meetings.

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But officials here warn she shouldn't underestimate them.

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Theresa May was well-known, she will find people who know her,

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who will negotiate on equal footing with her - but, I repeat,

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Even for someone with a reputation as a tough negotiator, like Mrs May?

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Theresa May is a tough negotiator, I can assure you here

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in the European Parliament are tough negotiators as well.

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The EU/UK relationship has never been easy.

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Theresa May now represents a Britain that has voted to Leave.

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She'll find safeguarding UK interests here even more complex,

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