:00:00. > :00:00.We will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few
:00:07. > :00:12.That will be the mission of the Government I lead,
:00:13. > :00:18.and together we will build a better Britain.
:00:19. > :00:20.Britain's new Prime Minister, Theresa May,
:00:21. > :00:23.is in Number Ten tonight assembling her government
:00:24. > :00:28.and promising to fight for ordinary working people.
:00:29. > :00:30.Mrs May had accepted an invitation from Her Majesty the Queen
:00:31. > :00:36.after the resignation of David Cameron.
:00:37. > :00:38.She then came to Downing Street with her husband Philip
:00:39. > :00:43.and made an immediate start on a far-reaching Cabinet reshuffle.
:00:44. > :00:45.Boris Johnson is the new Foreign Secretary,
:00:46. > :00:47.Philip Hammond is the new Chancellor,
:00:48. > :00:54.of negotiations to leave the European Union.
:00:55. > :00:57.Earlier, David Cameron had left Number Ten for the last time
:00:58. > :01:02.as Prime Minister, accompanied by his wife and children.
:01:03. > :01:04.You can achieve a lot of things in politics,
:01:05. > :01:10.And that in the end, the public service,
:01:11. > :01:12.the national interest, that is what it's all about.
:01:13. > :01:15.Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it.
:01:16. > :01:18.After all, as I once said, I was the future once.
:01:19. > :01:24.And in the Commons, a standing ovation from his own side,
:01:25. > :01:26.in a farewell appearance that combined humour
:01:27. > :01:33.And coming up on the BBC News Channel,
:01:34. > :01:35.we'll have a first look at the morning's papers.
:01:36. > :01:37.I'll be joined by Paul Johnson from the Guardian
:01:38. > :02:05.where Britain's new Prime Minister, Theresa May,
:02:06. > :02:07.is assembling her new Government tonight.
:02:08. > :02:10.She took over from David Cameron, who tendered his resignation
:02:11. > :02:12.to the Queen after six years in office.
:02:13. > :02:17.Mr Cameron, flanked by his wife and children,
:02:18. > :02:23.and said he believed he was leaving the country much stronger.
:02:24. > :02:25.Mrs May was then invited by the Queen
:02:26. > :02:27.to form a new Government, and in her statement
:02:28. > :02:31.outside Number Ten she promised to fight injustice
:02:32. > :02:33.and respond to the needs of working families.
:02:34. > :02:35.Tonight, we'll be reporting on Mrs May's first
:02:36. > :02:37.Cabinet appointments, including Boris Johnson as Foreign Secretary,
:02:38. > :02:43.and the reaction around the UK and beyond.
:02:44. > :02:45.But first, our political editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports
:02:46. > :02:57.on the day a new Prime Minister took charge in Downing Street.
:02:58. > :03:05.Number Ten Downing Street, FW one, is only a smart address, but it is
:03:06. > :03:10.the home of the most powerful politician in the land. The woman
:03:11. > :03:15.who tonight is in charge of running our country. -- SW1. Well,
:03:16. > :03:20.recognised yet, but not yet widely known or understood. In this most
:03:21. > :03:25.formal of ways, to the country, this was her way of saying hello. Her
:03:26. > :03:31.Majesty The Queen has asked me to form a new government, and I
:03:32. > :03:37.accepted. In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great modern
:03:38. > :03:41.Prime Minister, but David's true legacy is not about the economy but
:03:42. > :03:46.about social justice. From the introduction of same-sex marriage to
:03:47. > :03:52.taking people on low wages out of income tax altogether, David Cameron
:03:53. > :03:58.has led a one-nation government, and it is in that spirit that I also
:03:59. > :04:02.plan to leave. Because not everybody knows this, but the full title of my
:04:03. > :04:10.party is the Conservative and Unionist Party, and that word
:04:11. > :04:18.Unionist is very important to me. It means we believe in the Union, the
:04:19. > :04:20.precious, precious bond between England, Scotland, Wales and
:04:21. > :04:25.Northern Ireland. But it means something else that is just as
:04:26. > :04:31.important. It means we believe in a union not just between the nations
:04:32. > :04:36.of the United Kingdom, but between all of our citizens, every one of
:04:37. > :04:41.us, whoever we are, and wherever we are from. And for the new Tory Prime
:04:42. > :04:45.Minister, conscious she was not chosen in a general election, a
:04:46. > :04:49.direct promise - she will try to govern for all. If you are from an
:04:50. > :04:53.ordinary working-class family, life is much harder than many people in
:04:54. > :04:57.Westminster realise. If you have a job, you don't lose our job
:04:58. > :05:01.security. You have your own home, but you worry about paying the
:05:02. > :05:04.mortgage. You can just about manage, but you worry about the cost of
:05:05. > :05:10.living and getting your kids into a good school. If you are one of those
:05:11. > :05:15.families, if you are just managing, I want to address you directly. I
:05:16. > :05:19.know you are working around the clock. I know you are doing your
:05:20. > :05:25.best, and I know that sometimes life can be a struggle. The Government I
:05:26. > :05:30.lead will be driven not by the interests of the privileged few, but
:05:31. > :05:37.by yours. We will do everything we can to give you more control over
:05:38. > :05:41.your lives. We are living through an important moment in our country's
:05:42. > :05:46.history. Following the referendum, we face a time of great national
:05:47. > :05:52.change, and I know, because we are Great Britain, that we will rise to
:05:53. > :05:57.the challenge. As we leave the European Union, we will forge a bold
:05:58. > :06:02.new positive role for ourselves in the world, and we will make Britain
:06:03. > :06:08.a country that works not for a privileged few but for every one of
:06:09. > :06:14.us. That will be the mission of the Government highly, and together we
:06:15. > :06:19.will build a better Britain. Walking through the portals of a new
:06:20. > :06:24.era, applauded traditionally by the Downing Street staff, immediately,
:06:25. > :06:30.as she always says, to get on with the job. This day, though, began
:06:31. > :06:35.with a show of support for the man who was moving out. Even after all
:06:36. > :06:48.the rancour,? And some affection in the Commons. -- humour.
:06:49. > :06:53.Normally a raucous bearpit. Questions to the Prime Minister! It
:06:54. > :06:54.was Prime Minister's comedy stand-up, rather than Prime
:06:55. > :07:04.Minister's Questions. Mr Speaker, this morning
:07:05. > :07:06.I had meetings with ministerial Other than one meeting this
:07:07. > :07:09.afternoon with Her Majesty the Queen, the diary for the rest
:07:10. > :07:12.of my day is remarkably light. MPs from nearly all sides
:07:13. > :07:14.offering good humour. I'm told that there are lots
:07:15. > :07:17.of leadership roles out And a joke from the opposition
:07:18. > :07:22.leader at David Cameron's expense. Talking of the economy,
:07:23. > :07:25.the Home Secretary again, she said, many people find themselves
:07:26. > :07:30.exploited by unscrupulous bosses. I can't imagine who
:07:31. > :07:36.she was referring to! Then the last of David Cameron
:07:37. > :07:39.at the despatch box. I will miss the barbs
:07:40. > :07:45.from the opposition, but I will be willing you on,
:07:46. > :07:48.and I mean willing all of you on. Because people come
:07:49. > :07:50.here with huge passion They come here with great love for
:07:51. > :07:55.the constituencies they represent. is that you can achieve a lot
:07:56. > :07:59.of things in politics. And that, in the end -
:08:00. > :08:03.the public service, Nothing is really impossible
:08:04. > :08:09.if you put your mind to it. After all, I once said,
:08:10. > :08:16.I was the future once! At Downing Street, they watched
:08:17. > :08:42.on a day timed to the minute. It's almost over now,
:08:43. > :08:54.PMQs are just finishing... For him to give the formal goodbye.
:08:55. > :08:59.His job at the Commons, just to wave farewell. Gathering up the family
:09:00. > :09:02.leaving their way of life too, Samantha Cameron alongside the
:09:03. > :09:07.departing PM, a Ray Clemence of their three children, part of the
:09:08. > :09:13.grandest leaving do in town. -- a rare glimpse. Cheered out but
:09:14. > :09:18.leaving a country divided over the European Union, out before he
:09:19. > :09:25.intended to go, and his party divided too. But then back to Number
:09:26. > :09:31.Ten for the Cameron family's Kodak moment. He was the future once,
:09:32. > :09:34.always a politician ready with a line, but this afternoon with the
:09:35. > :09:38.power of goodbye, he didn't really need a script.
:09:39. > :09:42.and of course we've not got every decision right.
:09:43. > :09:45.But I do believe that today our country is much stronger.
:09:46. > :09:47.Above all, it was about turning around the economy,
:09:48. > :09:49.and with a deficit cut by two thirds,
:09:50. > :09:51.two and half million more people
:09:52. > :09:53.in work and one million more businesses, there can be
:09:54. > :09:57.no doubt our economy is immeasurably stronger.
:09:58. > :10:01.David Cameron wanted a different Tory Party and a different country.
:10:02. > :10:06.But he leaves the same way they all do -
:10:07. > :10:08.so many fights forgotten, failure remembered,
:10:09. > :10:12.among some success, but the family remains.
:10:13. > :10:15.I want to thank my children, Nancy, Elwen and Florence,
:10:16. > :10:18.for whom Downing Street has been a lovely home
:10:19. > :10:25.They sometimes kicked the red boxes full of work.
:10:26. > :10:28.Florence, you once climbed into one before a foreign trip
:10:29. > :10:41.And above all I want to thank Samantha, the love of my life.
:10:42. > :10:46.It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve our country
:10:47. > :10:48.as Prime Minister over these last six years,
:10:49. > :10:51.and to serve as leader of my party for almost 11 years.
:10:52. > :10:55.And as we leave for the last time, my only wish is continued success
:10:56. > :11:01.for this great country that I love so very much.
:11:02. > :11:24.But first a family hug on the steps of Number Ten.
:11:25. > :11:32.No more of these for him, it was for the new Prime Minister to have her
:11:33. > :11:38.first audience at the Palace. The Queen's 13th Prime Minister. Broad
:11:39. > :11:43.smiles on both sides as they met. And with that done, Theresa May
:11:44. > :11:48.safely installed, the calls to colleagues began. With the
:11:49. > :11:52.referendum result ringing in the ear, Eurosceptic faces, David Davis
:11:53. > :11:57.to negotiate our relationship with the EU, Liam Fox to drum up
:11:58. > :12:02.international trade, but the biggest jobs, Philip Hammond at the
:12:03. > :12:06.Treasury, a safe pair of vans, straight to the office tonight.
:12:07. > :12:12.Amber Rudd to the home department, also getting down to business. And
:12:13. > :12:15.the biggest shock for the Tories' biggest star, perhaps - Boris
:12:16. > :12:22.Johnson in charge of our relations with the world at the Foreign
:12:23. > :12:30.Office. Listen, he can hardly believe it either! A leader whose
:12:31. > :12:36.trademark is caution but has already surprised. Events, as they always
:12:37. > :12:41.do, will no doubt surprise her. But weeks from the country's biggest
:12:42. > :12:45.political decision for decades, not much is certain. Sometimes
:12:46. > :12:47.politicians find a moment. Sometimes the moment finds them. Laura
:12:48. > :13:03.Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster. Well, Theresa May wasted no time in
:13:04. > :13:07.the sacking George Osborne and then appointing Boris Johnson to one of
:13:08. > :13:10.the biggest jobs in government, that Foreign Secretary. He will not be
:13:11. > :13:15.responsible for managing the process of exit from the EU, that job goes
:13:16. > :13:20.to veteran Conservative MP David Davis. Ben Wright reports now on
:13:21. > :13:21.Boris Johnson's emergence as one of the biggest names in this new
:13:22. > :13:29.Government. Meet the man who will represent
:13:30. > :13:33.Britain abroad. After weeks of political surprises, this was yet
:13:34. > :13:39.another jaw-dropping shock. Boris Johnson has been sent to the Foreign
:13:40. > :13:43.Office. He played a leading role in campaigning for Britain to quit the
:13:44. > :13:51.EU, pulling in the crowds, one of the rare politicians who can. This
:13:52. > :13:56.is a once in a lifetime chance! But a victory immediately turned into a
:13:57. > :14:00.figure of hate to some, and his hopes a Leave win would sweep him
:14:01. > :14:05.into Number Ten crumbled after the man who had been by his side through
:14:06. > :14:09.weeks of campaigning destroyed Boris Johnson's dreams of becoming Prime
:14:10. > :14:12.Minister. During the course of the last few days, I've realised that
:14:13. > :14:17.while Boris does have those very special abilities to communicate and
:14:18. > :14:20.to reach out, what he did not have was the capacity to build and to
:14:21. > :14:24.lead that team and provide the leadership the country needs at this
:14:25. > :14:28.critical moment. Boris Johnson had no choice but to pull out of the
:14:29. > :14:35.race. Having consulted colleagues, and in view of the circumstances in
:14:36. > :14:41.Parliament, I have concluded that person cannot be me. Even Theresa
:14:42. > :14:45.May had a pop at Boris Johnson's negotiation skills when she launched
:14:46. > :14:50.her campaign. The last I needed a deal with the Germans, he came back
:14:51. > :14:53.with three nearly new water cannon! Water cannon that she as Home
:14:54. > :14:58.Secretary refused to let him use. Thank you very much... But people
:14:59. > :15:03.who know Boris Johnson insist he is ready for one of the Government's
:15:04. > :15:10.top jobs. This is a man who had a huge personal mandate as Mayor of
:15:11. > :15:13.London, he was a fantastic statesman for London, he managed to put London
:15:14. > :15:16.on the world stage when he was an, he speaks several languages, he is
:15:17. > :15:21.extremely charismatic, and I actually think he is ready for the
:15:22. > :15:24.job. Boris Johnson hogs the political limelight, and his role as
:15:25. > :15:29.London mayor gave him a big job and a big stage. That is a big fish! But
:15:30. > :15:34.it wasn't without controversy. Last year he had to cut short a trip to
:15:35. > :15:41.the Palestinian territories after making remarks judged by his host to
:15:42. > :15:44.be offensive and to pro-Israel. Mr Johnson has clocked up the air miles
:15:45. > :15:48.on trade trips, pulling in business for London, and his hunger to win
:15:49. > :15:55.has always been clear, even against schoolchildren in Japan. Beyond
:15:56. > :15:59.Britain, they might not know much about Boris Johnson beyond his knack
:16:00. > :16:04.for scrapes, Jakes and a pretty turn of phrase, but the man who took the
:16:05. > :16:07.biggest political gamble of his life by campaigning against David Cameron
:16:08. > :16:10.is now Britain's top diplomat and the world will find out who he is.
:16:11. > :16:23.Ben Wright, BBC News, Westminster. I'm very humbled, very proud to be
:16:24. > :16:27.offered this chance. I think Theresa made a wonderful
:16:28. > :16:35.speech this afternoon about her ambitions for the country
:16:36. > :16:39.and how she saw the Conservative Government taking
:16:40. > :16:42.the country forward. I completely agree
:16:43. > :16:44.with her sentiments. And about the opportunity,
:16:45. > :16:45.about giving people Clearly, now we have a massive
:16:46. > :16:56.opportunity in this country to make a great success
:16:57. > :16:59.of our new relationship with Europe and the world and I'm very
:17:00. > :17:12.excited to play a part I think even Boris Johnson himself
:17:13. > :17:15.looks pretty surprised by the fact that Theresa May has asked him to be
:17:16. > :17:20.Foreign Secretary tonight. This is a big gesture to one of the leading
:17:21. > :17:26.Eurosceptics in the referendum campaign. The person on the other
:17:27. > :17:31.side of the argument, with the aid is profile and the biggest
:17:32. > :17:35.notoriety, it's a message to people who voted to leave to say, I get it,
:17:36. > :17:38.I'm putting people in charge with the rest of our relationships with
:17:39. > :17:44.the world who understood that case. He is joined in that by Liam Fox,
:17:45. > :17:47.who will head up a new department for international trade, and also
:17:48. > :17:50.David Davis, the former Shadow Home Secretary, an ardent sceptic and
:17:51. > :17:55.often a critic of Theresa May. He will head up the new department for
:17:56. > :17:58.Brexit, whatever it ends up being called. With those three
:17:59. > :18:03.appointments, Theresa May is trying to show that she takes the reality
:18:04. > :18:06.of us leaving the European Union very seriously. She expects the
:18:07. > :18:12.three of them to work together and get on with it. The other surprise
:18:13. > :18:16.tonight is the fact that she told George Osborne, the Chancellor in
:18:17. > :18:20.number 11 for six years, that his services were no longer required.
:18:21. > :18:26.That shows us that she is very determined to draw a line between
:18:27. > :18:30.her administration and David Cameron's. She is shaping this in
:18:31. > :18:35.her own image. She is calling the shots. Yes, she wants there to be
:18:36. > :18:38.stability and continuity. But that does not mean she's in any way
:18:39. > :18:42.afraid to make her own decisions. Some of our viewers might be
:18:43. > :18:45.thinking, hang on, a few hours ago she talked about the fact that she
:18:46. > :18:49.wants to govern for everyone, and here she is appointing a couple of
:18:50. > :18:53.people from the right-wing of the Tory party to the top table. But
:18:54. > :18:58.it's clear from speaking her team tonight that that will not define
:18:59. > :19:00.her agenda at home, and with other appointments like health and
:19:01. > :19:06.education still to come, I think we will see more of that message for
:19:07. > :19:08.the centre ground and her hope to govern everyone in the appointments
:19:09. > :19:14.they will follow with tomorrow morning. Thank you, Lord. Earlier
:19:15. > :19:17.this evening, Mrs May spoke in some detail about what she wanted to
:19:18. > :19:21.achieve as Prime Minister. She has already said there will be no
:19:22. > :19:24.backing down over exiting the European Union. She is also
:19:25. > :19:28.committed to building a fairer economy within narrower pay gap
:19:29. > :19:31.between bosses and workers, and the government at the service of
:19:32. > :19:35.ordinary working people, in her words. Here is our Deputy political
:19:36. > :19:37.editor on Theresa May's mission as Prime Minister.
:19:38. > :19:40.She'll remember this moment when things get tough,
:19:41. > :19:46.Theresa May was only embraced as Tory leader on Monday.
:19:47. > :19:48.Now she's on a journey as tough as any leader in peacetime.
:19:49. > :19:56.Remember her telling Tories people just didn't like them any more?
:19:57. > :20:01.Theresa May, are your lines on migration just rhetoric?
:20:02. > :20:06.And the time she came down against uncontrolled migration.
:20:07. > :20:09.There is no case in the national interest for immigration
:20:10. > :20:12.of the scale we have experienced over the last decade.
:20:13. > :20:18.The next Prime Minister of this great country, Theresa May.
:20:19. > :20:20.May's Britain somehow would have to be tough and tender.
:20:21. > :20:23.Just moments before she knew for sure she'd be PM,
:20:24. > :20:27.Theresa May mapped out her global ambitions.
:20:28. > :20:29.To steer us through this time of economic and political
:20:30. > :20:31.uncertainty, and negotiate the best deal for Britain
:20:32. > :20:35.and forge a new role for ourselves in the world.
:20:36. > :20:41.Remaking relations between Britain and the world, that's a huge task,
:20:42. > :20:43.in talks in Brussels, somehow curbing EU migration
:20:44. > :20:52.Dozens of deals need doing worldwide, and top EU Out
:20:53. > :20:54.campaigners will play a lead role in that and guarding
:20:55. > :20:56.Britain's global influence in Nato and at the UN.
:20:57. > :20:59.We've got to be very clear that our decision to leave
:21:00. > :21:01.the European Union doesn't mean Britain's going to become
:21:02. > :21:07.We're going to carry on playing the role we normally play
:21:08. > :21:09.on the international stage, in Nato, in the United Nations,
:21:10. > :21:11.in our security relationship with other countries.
:21:12. > :21:14.There will be a big focus under Theresa May in making sure
:21:15. > :21:16.that we very much stay part of the international community.
:21:17. > :21:19.Our decision on the European Union is a political one within Europe,
:21:20. > :21:25.it's not about Britain becoming a small nation focused on itself.
:21:26. > :21:28.When it comes to the Brexit economy, business and public finances outside
:21:29. > :21:33.The Prime Minister wants British business more
:21:34. > :21:35.competitive, more productive - that needs help from Government.
:21:36. > :21:37.Under Mrs May, foreign takeovers of firms vital
:21:38. > :21:41.George Osborne wanted more productive business.
:21:42. > :21:47.And to get more homes built, they're needed badly.
:21:48. > :21:52.As for public spending, he tried to cut welfare and failed.
:21:53. > :21:55.Rebel Tory MPs can block any policy easily.
:21:56. > :22:00.Philip Hammond's in-tray looks loaded.
:22:01. > :22:02.We've got to build on the strong economic legacy
:22:03. > :22:06.We've got to continue to make sure that we manage
:22:07. > :22:08.the public finances wisely, and that we encourage business
:22:09. > :22:12.but also opportunities that Brexit throws up.
:22:13. > :22:17.It's a tough challenge, but she's the right woman to do it,
:22:18. > :22:20.and she's obviously got the negotiating skills
:22:21. > :22:23.to make sure that Brexit is a win-win for the world.
:22:24. > :22:26.But the ambition - for greater fairness at home,
:22:27. > :22:30.in Britain, less privilege, more equality, that's as big as any.
:22:31. > :22:36.Since her early days as a shadow minister, Theresa May's job's been
:22:37. > :22:42.So we bring people back together, rich and poor, north and south,
:22:43. > :22:44.urban and rural, young and old, male and female,
:22:45. > :22:54.That sounded like David Cameron's vision for fairness
:22:55. > :23:00.The aim is to cool resentment and deep division
:23:01. > :23:04.Today, a minister told me it's a mission which will take time,
:23:05. > :23:10.How much of this mission of making Britain a fairer place in every way
:23:11. > :23:12.can you realistically expect her to manage?
:23:13. > :23:18.Well, I think she's started that journey already,
:23:19. > :23:22.And you're not going to do it in one Parliament.
:23:23. > :23:24.It's probably something you have to keep doing, keep embedding in.
:23:25. > :23:34.And I think all too often, it has been put in the too-difficult pile.
:23:35. > :23:36.Britain's new Prime Minister won't lack for goodwill from her party,
:23:37. > :23:39.but the political honeymoon won't last long - it never does -
:23:40. > :23:42.and then the truly hard work begins, the awkward international
:23:43. > :23:44.negotiations, pushing through ambitious plans and reforms
:23:45. > :23:49.None of it's easy in normal times, and these times
:23:50. > :23:54.If Theresa May wants to know how hard it can be to be Prime Minister,
:23:55. > :24:03.In his final statement as Prime Minister,
:24:04. > :24:06.David Cameron sought to define his legacy
:24:07. > :24:09.after six years in Government and 11 years as Conservative leader,
:24:10. > :24:12.winning a Conservative majority at the last year's
:24:13. > :24:14.general election against all the odds.
:24:15. > :24:17.His time in office was dominated by economic challenges
:24:18. > :24:20.and the struggle to balance the Government's books.
:24:21. > :24:22.But his premiership came to an abrupt end
:24:23. > :24:24.when his recommendation to stay in the European Union
:24:25. > :24:30.The BBC's Nick Robinson, who reported on Mr Cameron's time
:24:31. > :24:34.as party leader and Prime Minister, considers his legacy.
:24:35. > :24:38.It began where it ended, on the doorstep of Number Ten.
:24:39. > :24:41.It began with success which few expected,
:24:42. > :24:45.and ended in failure which few foresaw.
:24:46. > :24:48.David Cameron became our youngest Prime Minister for 200 years,
:24:49. > :24:54.but because he won over Nick Clegg to the idea of a coalition.
:24:55. > :24:57.Prime Minister, do you now regret, when once asked what your favourite
:24:58. > :25:07.The joke was on those who said the coalition could never last.
:25:08. > :25:12.Love it or loathe it, theirs would be a stable government,
:25:13. > :25:16.unlike most in Europe after the worst economic crisis in decades.
:25:17. > :25:26.in what was called the age of austerity were far from popular.
:25:27. > :25:33.who was Mr Cameron's director of communications spoke to me
:25:34. > :25:37.in a quiet, now empty office in Number Ten.
:25:38. > :25:40.There was a dinner at Downing Street last night where David Cameron had
:25:41. > :25:45.And somebody paying tribute to him said he was a quiet revolutionary,
:25:46. > :25:49.He started by forming a coalition government, and that really
:25:50. > :25:55.And he showed the vision and determination to do it,
:25:56. > :25:58.because he gave economic stability to the country at a time
:25:59. > :26:04.Many Tories didn't much like the coalition,
:26:05. > :26:09.a Conservative Prime Minister siding with gay campaigners,
:26:10. > :26:12.and against those who insisted marriage should only be
:26:13. > :26:18.And his decision to increase spending on overseas aid
:26:19. > :26:22.while cutting it at home was scarcely more popular,
:26:23. > :26:24.with a growing number tempted to back Ukip,
:26:25. > :26:27.a party that was winning more and more support, even though he'd
:26:28. > :26:30.once dismissed them as a home for fruitcakes and loonies.
:26:31. > :26:33.I tell you what, I've been up half the night,
:26:34. > :26:35.Under growing pressure from within and without,
:26:36. > :26:38.David Cameron made this fateful promise.
:26:39. > :26:41.We will give the British people a referendum
:26:42. > :26:48.to stay in the European Union on these new terms,
:26:49. > :26:56.It was a massive gamble that EU leaders would give him a better deal
:26:57. > :26:58.and the British voters would back it,
:26:59. > :27:02.a gamble that was to go spectacularly wrong.
:27:03. > :27:05.This issue of whether or not Britain remained or left the EU
:27:06. > :27:09.It just happened to arrive in the station on his watch.
:27:10. > :27:12.It was inevitable that there was going to be a referendum.
:27:13. > :27:14.He showed real leadership, guts and determination in calling it.
:27:15. > :27:17.It didn't work out for him, but there was real leadership there.
:27:18. > :27:20.Some said a referendum was simply too risky,
:27:21. > :27:23.but David Cameron agreed to another, on Scottish
:27:24. > :27:25.independence, and though it looked mighty close at times,
:27:26. > :27:30.thanks to what Yes campaigners complained was Project Fear.
:27:31. > :27:37.His next big electoral test was last year's general election.
:27:38. > :27:41.He warned that electing Ed Miliband would produce instability and chaos.
:27:42. > :27:44.But I suggested to him that that's precisely what would result
:27:45. > :27:50.And if you don't win the referendum, what's Plan B for Britain?
:27:51. > :28:01.You may have a negotiation you can't succeed in
:28:02. > :28:04.and a vote that you lose, and Britain will be out of the EU.
:28:05. > :28:07.It was, though, a popular - perhaps an election-winning -
:28:08. > :28:11.We're saying the Conservatives are the largest party.
:28:12. > :28:14.But just 13 months later, another electoral surprise.
:28:15. > :28:18.The people have spoken and the answer is, we're out.
:28:19. > :28:23.David Cameron had led us out of the EU by mistake.
:28:24. > :28:26.In the end, his legacy will be having ripped up Britain's
:28:27. > :28:29.relationships with our nearest neighbours and also left a country
:28:30. > :28:33.that is very divided, and that wasn't what he wanted to do.
:28:34. > :28:39.were forced to leave Number Ten today, two years earlier
:28:40. > :28:45.In a few days' time, David Cameron will take his place on the wall
:28:46. > :28:49.here at Number Ten, alongside other former Prime Ministers.
:28:50. > :28:53.When he got the job, he told me that what mattered was character,
:28:54. > :29:01.He left office today because of one decision that went terribly wrong.
:29:02. > :29:10.Nick Robinson, BBC News, 10 Downing Street.
:29:11. > :29:17.Let's pick up again on the attempt by Mr Cameron today to define his
:29:18. > :29:23.own legacy as he was leaving Downing Street. Your thoughts? As the
:29:24. > :29:26.arriving Prime Minister was appearing to -- Siki to appear calm
:29:27. > :29:32.and polished, with the departing Prime Minister, we saw a more human
:29:33. > :29:35.side, surrounded by his family and emotional, not surprisingly. Despite
:29:36. > :29:39.that, he leaves a party and the country changed. That is pretty
:29:40. > :29:43.clear. Things have changed, just because of the passage of time and
:29:44. > :29:47.also as a consequence of the decisions he made in his time in
:29:48. > :29:52.office. There is a smaller state. Most profoundly, we are on our way
:29:53. > :29:56.out of the European Union. There have been big changes to the
:29:57. > :30:04.economy. Some, but not all of the dead visit tweet. Baghdatis it has
:30:05. > :30:10.been paid off. And he wanted to highlight some of the reforms of the
:30:11. > :30:13.things he wanted to care about. He was highlighting the fact that two
:30:14. > :30:17.thirds of the deficit has been paid off. He was talking about the fact
:30:18. > :30:22.that people who have set up their businesses have more control over
:30:23. > :30:25.their own lives. On the of drama a day like this, our attention moves
:30:26. > :30:29.at lightning speed to the person who has just walked through the door.
:30:30. > :30:33.But there is no question, as David Cameron left, he leaves a country
:30:34. > :30:37.that is changed for good. We will talk later about the changes facing
:30:38. > :30:40.the new Prime Minister, but for now, thanks, Laura. Shoes
:30:41. > :30:43.And you can get the very latest on our Shoes website,
:30:44. > :30:46.including analysis of Theresa May's new Cabinet appointments.
:30:47. > :30:50.all the latest appointments there for you with the background of the
:30:51. > :30:52.new jobs and the new ministers appointed today.
:30:53. > :31:01.Managing Britain's exit from the European Union will,
:31:02. > :31:04.of course, be a major priority for Mrs May, and as we've heard,
:31:05. > :31:06.she's appointed the veteran Conservative MP David Davis
:31:07. > :31:10.Some of those European leaders who'll be involved in the talks
:31:11. > :31:12.have been giving their views on the way ahead.
:31:13. > :31:15.One said that despite what he called the divorce,
:31:16. > :31:17.the UK and the European Union would be the closest partners.
:31:18. > :31:22.reports now on the view from the European Union.
:31:23. > :31:29.the significance of Theresa May becoming UK Prime Minister is this -
:31:30. > :31:31.she will be the figurehead leading Britain's exit
:31:32. > :31:34.and she'll need to negotiate the details
:31:35. > :31:43.In an awkward situation, maintaining cordial relations will be key.
:31:44. > :31:46.Today, on an official visit to China,
:31:47. > :31:52.I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile mood.
:31:53. > :32:01.to the incoming British Prime Minister.
:32:02. > :32:06.I don't want to talk about her before having talked with her.
:32:07. > :32:10.It's here in Brussels that Theresa May will meet
:32:11. > :32:14.all EU leaders for the first time at a summit in a couple of months,
:32:15. > :32:17.and she'll be anxious to grab that opportunity
:32:18. > :32:20.to talk to them off the record, perhaps over a cup of coffee,
:32:21. > :32:25.about the kind of deal the UK can expect outside the EU.
:32:26. > :32:27.But she'll have her work cut out for her,
:32:28. > :32:30.because some of those leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit
:32:31. > :32:35.until the formal process of the UK leaving has started.
:32:36. > :32:37.It's going to be quite some juggling act.
:32:38. > :32:41.France is feeling vengeful - it wants tough negotiations
:32:42. > :32:43.to put others, especially Eurosceptic French voters,
:32:44. > :32:49.Italy wants to send a strong message too -
:32:50. > :32:52.with its own economic and political problems,
:32:53. > :32:58.While Eastern and Baltic Europe don't want to alienate Britain -
:32:59. > :33:04.they need UK backing to keep a hard line against Russia.
:33:05. > :33:07.But this, arguably, is Theresa May's most important negotiating partner
:33:08. > :33:11.when it comes to Brexit - Germany's powerful Angela Merkel,
:33:12. > :33:17.like Theresa May, steely, wily, determined.
:33:18. > :33:20.Some suggest, as women, they're more likely to reach
:33:21. > :33:23.an understanding, but with practised politicians like these,
:33:24. > :33:29.the only factor important to them is getting what they want.
:33:30. > :33:32.Of course, Theresa May is no stranger to Brussels.
:33:33. > :33:36.She's been here many times for EU ministers meetings,
:33:37. > :33:39.but officials here warn she, never mind her newly
:33:40. > :33:42.appointed Secretary for Brexit, the anti-EU David Davis,
:33:43. > :33:49.I think Theresa May is well known, she will find people who know her,
:33:50. > :33:51.who will negotiate on equal footing with her,
:33:52. > :33:57.Even for someone with a reputation as a tough negotiator like Mrs May?
:33:58. > :34:02.I can assure you here the European Parliament
:34:03. > :34:10.The EU-UK relationship has never been easy.
:34:11. > :34:13.Theresa May now represents a Britain that has voted to leave.
:34:14. > :34:16.She'll find safeguarding UK interests here even more complex -
:34:17. > :34:29.Well, I have here a copy of a letter sent to Theresa May this evening by
:34:30. > :34:34.the president of the European Commission. In it, as you would
:34:35. > :34:38.expect, he congratulate her on her new job but he insists she clarified
:34:39. > :34:43.as soon as possible what he calls the new situation between the UK and
:34:44. > :34:46.the EU following the Brexit vote. These are polite words that just
:34:47. > :34:51.about cover huge frustration felt by him and other EU leaders that the UK
:34:52. > :35:00.is apparently under no immediate hurry to start formal negotiations
:35:01. > :35:02.to leave the EU. Just denied, the French president called the new
:35:03. > :35:06.British prime Minster and said those formal talks have to start ASAP, but
:35:07. > :35:10.that is not an opinion shared by a new Secretary for Brexit, and his
:35:11. > :35:16.opinion, and that of Boris Johnson, the new Foreign Secretary, will set
:35:17. > :35:19.off alarm bells in Brussels. Jean-Claude Juncker accused Mr Jones
:35:20. > :35:23.not telling untruths to British voters before the referendum, and he
:35:24. > :35:26.is likely to receive a tepid welcome in Brussels if he comes to a planned
:35:27. > :35:33.meeting of foreign ministers on Monday. Catania, once again, thanks
:35:34. > :35:40.very much, Katya Adler, our Europe editor.
:35:41. > :35:43.One of the most prominent messages delivered by the new Prime Minister
:35:44. > :35:48.the United Kingdom of England, Wales, Scotland
:35:49. > :35:52.But the result of the referendum in Scotland and Northern Ireland,
:35:53. > :35:53.where a majority of people voted to remain,
:35:54. > :35:56.has prompted some direct questions for Theresa May.
:35:57. > :36:00.Let's get the views of three of my colleagues,
:36:01. > :36:05.and we start with our Scotland editor, Sarah Smith, in Edinburgh.
:36:06. > :36:11.Theresa May began her premiership with a clear message to Scottish
:36:12. > :36:16.voters, practically her first words as Prime Minister were about how she
:36:17. > :36:20.valued the Union, the bond between the nations, and she knows one of
:36:21. > :36:24.the biggest challenges of her period as Prime Minister may be trying to
:36:25. > :36:28.preserve the union between Scotland and the rest of the UK. The SNP
:36:29. > :36:33.leader, Nicola Sturgeon, has said she thinks it is highly likely there
:36:34. > :36:36.will be a second referendum on Scottish independence in Scotland
:36:37. > :36:41.voted to stay in the EU and now faces, in her words, being dragged
:36:42. > :36:46.out. She was saying today that she is demanding the Scottish Government
:36:47. > :36:50.is fully involved in Brexit negotiations, and she thinks it is
:36:51. > :36:55.her job to protect Scotland's place within the EU somehow, and if she
:36:56. > :36:58.can't do that, she repeated again today the option of Scottish
:36:59. > :37:02.independence is still very much on the table. So one of the bigger
:37:03. > :37:05.decisions that Theresa May face as Prime Minister is whether or not to
:37:06. > :37:11.allow another vote, another referendum that could lead to
:37:12. > :37:15.Scotland and leaving the UK. Memorably, David Cameron describe
:37:16. > :37:19.the border between England and Wales as a line between life and death in
:37:20. > :37:22.the NHS, that soured the relationship with the Welsh Labour
:37:23. > :37:26.government in Cardiff. Theresa May starts with a clean slate, the first
:37:27. > :37:30.ministers saying he had had to turn to the internet to find any quotes
:37:31. > :37:35.from her pertaining to Wales, but now she will have to become very
:37:36. > :37:39.deeply involved and work with the Labour administration. The first
:37:40. > :37:44.game on the list to tackle, the ongoing steel crisis. It has been a
:37:45. > :37:49.difficult few weeks for politicians, but difficult months for steel
:37:50. > :37:54.workers in Wales and elsewhere, the uncertainty over Tata Steel's plans
:37:55. > :37:58.here, just last week they put the sales process on hold. There needs
:37:59. > :38:02.to be answers from the UK Government about what will happen to the
:38:03. > :38:07.pension pot. On Brexit, the majority of people voted for it, having been
:38:08. > :38:11.told by Leave campaigners that the EU funding will be replaced by money
:38:12. > :38:18.from central government. That wasn't a promise that Mrs May made, will it
:38:19. > :38:22.be a promise she feels she has to keep? Thirdly, then, the future of
:38:23. > :38:26.this place. There is already a bill going through Parliament that would
:38:27. > :38:30.give the National Assembly more powers on energy projects, speed
:38:31. > :38:33.limits and the voting age, but will that be overtaken by events in
:38:34. > :38:37.Scotland and elsewhere? Theresa May will have to make yourself a
:38:38. > :38:42.familiar figure in Cardiff Bay. Certainly, her inboxes filling up
:38:43. > :38:46.fast. In Northern Ireland, there has been a divided response to Theresa
:38:47. > :38:49.May becoming Prime Minister. Unionists have welcomed it, they see
:38:50. > :38:55.her as a traditional Tory which shares their values, and she may be
:38:56. > :38:58.point of calling herself the leader of the Conservative and Unionist
:38:59. > :39:01.Party. Nationalists have had a cooler response, Sinn Fein saying
:39:02. > :39:05.that she could be bad for Northern Ireland, bad for the peace process.
:39:06. > :39:10.And some of those concerns going forward will be about the locations
:39:11. > :39:19.of Brexit. Certainly, some people fear that Northern Ireland's economy
:39:20. > :39:21.could be particularly exposed once the UK leave the EU, and part of
:39:22. > :39:24.that is about cross-border trade with the Republic of Ireland, which
:39:25. > :39:30.will remain an EU country, so that will be a border between the UK and
:39:31. > :39:33.the EU. Now, whenever the referendum campaign was ongoing, Theresa May
:39:34. > :39:36.was here as Home Secretary, and she made clear that she believed the
:39:37. > :39:41.border would have to change, that there would have to be some
:39:42. > :39:45.controls, that the open roads could not remain completely open. She
:39:46. > :39:48.might feel different as Prime Minister, and certainly she will not
:39:49. > :39:52.want to unsettled the years of progress that there have been.
:39:53. > :39:56.Tonight the Irish Prime Minister, Taoiseach Enda Kenny, has spoken to
:39:57. > :39:59.Theresa May, and he has said they will work together to make sure that
:40:00. > :40:06.Anglo Irish relationships remain strong. Chris Buckler, thanks, Hywel
:40:07. > :40:11.Griffith in Cardiff, Sarah Smith, Alice Gartland editor, in Edinburgh.
:40:12. > :40:13.-- our Scotland editor. People across the UK will be
:40:14. > :40:17.reflecting tonight on what lies ahead for the new Prime Minister
:40:18. > :40:20.and whether she'll deliver on her pledges for a fairer economy,
:40:21. > :40:23.changes to immigration and the best possible deal for Britain
:40:24. > :40:25.to leave the EU. Our home editor, Mark Easton,
:40:26. > :40:28.has been sampling people's views on Mrs May's toughest challenge -
:40:29. > :40:31.that of leaving the European Union. As the new Prime Minister prepares
:40:32. > :40:33.to defend Britain's interests in a new relationship
:40:34. > :40:35.with our European neighbours, she's repeatedly stated that
:40:36. > :40:37."Brexit means Brexit." Britain has decided to exit
:40:38. > :40:49.the European Union, but does the country also want
:40:50. > :40:52.to leave the EU single market? That's the question that
:40:53. > :40:54.will dominate the first years of Theresa May's premiership,
:40:55. > :40:55.because special access to the huge EU trading zone
:40:56. > :41:02.just across the Channel means accepting rules
:41:03. > :41:04.on free movement. There's a trade-off
:41:05. > :41:06.between the economy and immigration. The BBC has conducted an exclusive
:41:07. > :41:08.poll asking what should be maintaining access
:41:09. > :41:14.to the single market or restricting
:41:15. > :41:16.the freedom of movement Two thirds of the representative
:41:17. > :41:24.sample surveyed said the single market,
:41:25. > :41:27.and a third said immigration. While those who voted to remain
:41:28. > :41:29.in last month's referendum appear overwhelmingly in favour
:41:30. > :41:31.of prioritising the single market, Here in Eastleigh in Hampshire,
:41:32. > :41:37.where the referendum result mirrors the national picture,
:41:38. > :41:38.there's a clear split on what Theresa May's
:41:39. > :41:44.priority should be. I think immigration
:41:45. > :41:45.is the main thing. People voted to leave the
:41:46. > :41:50.European Union so we could cut... You know, there's uncontrolled
:41:51. > :41:52.immigration at the moment, and that's a bad thing for the economy,
:41:53. > :41:55.it pushes wages down So if that means that we have
:41:56. > :41:59.to forego access I think immigrants should be
:42:00. > :42:03.encouraged, they all want to work, and I would say
:42:04. > :42:06.there's probably room for them. I like getting along with my fellow
:42:07. > :42:09.man and I think we've got to trade, that immigration is part
:42:10. > :42:13.of what we are about. So that's what voters
:42:14. > :42:16.think ought to happen, Our survey finds very low levels
:42:17. > :42:21.of trust in politicians to deliver
:42:22. > :42:23.the will of the people on Brexit. So what do voters think
:42:24. > :42:28.is the most likely outcome? Stay in the single market
:42:29. > :42:33.with continued free movement - 18% said they thought
:42:34. > :42:35.that was most likely. Leave the single market
:42:36. > :42:38.and stop free movement - Stay in the single market
:42:39. > :42:44.with some limits on free movement, a majority of Leavers and Remainers
:42:45. > :42:47.thought that kind of compromise Theresa May has so far refused
:42:48. > :42:55.to say whether EU migrants who recently arrived in the UK
:42:56. > :42:59.will be required to leave, a negotiating position that has left
:43:00. > :43:02.around a million foreign nationals You know, I don't like to use my own
:43:03. > :43:16.language, for example, or... because, you know,
:43:17. > :43:17.other people are around. So it's...
:43:18. > :43:18.Slightly nervous times? Our survey found that over 90%
:43:19. > :43:25.of people, whether they voted to leave or remain, thought most
:43:26. > :43:27.migrants would be allowed to stay. And some interesting findings
:43:28. > :43:32.on immigration, too. Just 13% expect immigration to fall
:43:33. > :43:36.a lot as a result of Brexit, and even among those
:43:37. > :43:39.who voted to leave, our survey suggests
:43:40. > :43:40.only around one in five You think it will go up?
:43:41. > :43:50.Really? Yeah. Despite everything?
:43:51. > :43:53.Despite everything, yeah. If Britain needs immigration,
:43:54. > :43:55.then Britain will have immigration. But if Britain doesn't,
:43:56. > :43:58.we are back in control. Brexit means Brexit, but
:43:59. > :44:01.the newest word in the dictionary That, it seems, is among the first
:44:02. > :44:05.and most critical jobs for the Conservatives
:44:06. > :44:19.to replace David Cameron after the leadership race
:44:20. > :44:22.came to an abrupt stop on Monday. But on the opposition benches
:44:23. > :44:24.in the Commons, Labour's leadership turmoil
:44:25. > :44:26.has continued. The contest is only just
:44:27. > :44:29.getting under way, with another challenger emerging
:44:30. > :44:31.today as Jeremy Corbyn's supporters express total confidence
:44:32. > :44:34.in his survival. Our political correspondent
:44:35. > :44:40.Alex Forsyth has more details. arriving at a union
:44:41. > :44:46.conference in Brighton today. Here, his support is clear,
:44:47. > :44:48.but with two opponents wanting his job,
:44:49. > :44:51.talk of Labour splitting, and claims of abuse on all sides,
:44:52. > :44:56.he's under pressure - yet defiant. I've been elected the leader
:44:57. > :44:59.of his party, And whenever the election comes,
:45:00. > :45:05.whenever it comes, we are going to be there,
:45:06. > :45:12.united, campaigning together. But this man thinks he'll be
:45:13. > :45:15.a better leader, less divisive - the latest challenger,
:45:16. > :45:16.Owen Smith, positioning himself
:45:17. > :45:20.on Labour's left. I agree with Jeremy Corbyn
:45:21. > :45:22.on and anti-austerity, but we've got
:45:23. > :45:24.to have the policies in place, and Jeremy is not putting in place
:45:25. > :45:26.a policy plan. The rhetoric has been great,
:45:27. > :45:30.but the delivery has been lacking. And crucially
:45:31. > :45:36.he's leading a divided party. So now there are two Labour MPs
:45:37. > :45:40.fighting for their leader's job, and today Angela Eagle claimed
:45:41. > :45:44.she is the unity candidate, This is about uniting our party
:45:45. > :45:51.so we can give strong leadership. The challengers to Jeremy Corbyn
:45:52. > :45:54.know he won last time because he had overwhelming support
:45:55. > :45:58.from the party members. Many MPs here may have lost
:45:59. > :46:00.faith in his leadership, but he'll be on the ballot paper
:46:01. > :46:03.without their backing, and it's the wider party
:46:04. > :46:06.which would choose its next leader, although this time
:46:07. > :46:10.the rules are different. Last year, thousands of people paid
:46:11. > :46:15.?3 to temporarily sign up to Labour and vote in the leadership election,
:46:16. > :46:19.most backing Jeremy Corbyn. They won't automatically
:46:20. > :46:24.get a say this time around. They'll have to sign up again as
:46:25. > :46:28.registered supporters and pay ?25, and they only have
:46:29. > :46:30.a small window to do so, Full party members will get a vote,
:46:31. > :46:37.but only if they joined Labour excluding thousands who joined
:46:38. > :46:44.since the referendum. At this rally of Jeremy Corbyn's
:46:45. > :46:46.supporters tonight, Nearly 20% of the membership have
:46:47. > :46:53.joined in the past couple of weeks and deliberately excluding
:46:54. > :46:59.them is incredibly unfair. It's obvious what's happening here,
:47:00. > :47:02.it's a right-wing coup, Despite pleas for calm,
:47:03. > :47:07.there's a febrile mood around this contest
:47:08. > :47:14.with claims of abuse and threats, including from those who met here
:47:15. > :47:17.last night to set the rules. The difficulty was that a number
:47:18. > :47:20.of us, and a number of my colleagues in that room, had been subject
:47:21. > :47:25.to bullying and intimidation The Shadow Chancellor has been
:47:26. > :47:31.accused of stoking tension with these comments
:47:32. > :47:38.about Jeremy Corbyn's rivals. He said it was a joke
:47:39. > :47:41.and condemned abusive behaviour. There's fingers being pointed
:47:42. > :47:43.in all different directions. I don't think it's from
:47:44. > :47:49.within the party at all. Wherever this is coming from,
:47:50. > :47:55.we've got to unite across parties to say this isn't
:47:56. > :47:57.the sort of politics But this three-way leadership fight
:47:58. > :48:01.is so far, so brutal, some local party meetings
:48:02. > :48:03.have been suspended, perhaps because it's not
:48:04. > :48:05.just their fortunes at stake, Let's reflect on our new Prime
:48:06. > :48:22.Minister. So Theresa May, at the age of 59,
:48:23. > :48:25.is the second woman to become British Prime Minister,
:48:26. > :48:27.and it's been a remarkable rise for the clergyman's daughter from
:48:28. > :48:28.Eastbourne. Some of those who've worked
:48:29. > :48:31.with her and for her say she's a very plain speaker,
:48:32. > :48:33.she's a demanding boss, and that she's among the toughest
:48:34. > :48:38.figures in politics. Here's Reeta Chakrabarti now
:48:39. > :48:42.on Theresa May, the person. Theresa Mary Brasier,
:48:43. > :48:46.as she was then, has travelled far, but from her early years
:48:47. > :48:51.as a schoolgirl to her role at the heart of Government,
:48:52. > :48:53.she's remained for many An old friend from her days
:48:54. > :48:56.at Oxford University recalls a more relaxed character,
:48:57. > :49:01.but who even then was combative. I would trust her with anything,
:49:02. > :49:16.and I have learned over the years, never have an argument
:49:17. > :49:18.with her unless you're Theresa May was elected
:49:19. > :49:21.to parliament in 1997, and quickly became known in her
:49:22. > :49:24.constituency as a conscientious Her political reputation as a steely
:49:25. > :49:31.negotiator rings very true I think Theresa's negotiating
:49:32. > :49:37.powers are extremely good. I have dealt with her over
:49:38. > :49:40.the course of the last ten years, so I know how
:49:41. > :49:42.she could strike a hard bargain. She knows what she wants
:49:43. > :49:45.when she has done the analysis, She rose quickly, becoming Tory
:49:46. > :49:52.party chairman in 2002 under Iain Duncan Smith,
:49:53. > :49:54.charged with helping The woman who's become Britain's
:49:55. > :50:02.second female Prime Minister has in the past declared that gender
:50:03. > :50:07.should be no obstacle to success. But Margaret Thatcher
:50:08. > :50:10.proved that your ability to lead your country depends
:50:11. > :50:14.on your talent and your courage, not on whether you're a man
:50:15. > :50:19.or a woman. But she's also recognised
:50:20. > :50:22.the barriers and actively campaigned for equality within the Tory party,
:50:23. > :50:25.a clear thinking, straightforward politician impatient
:50:26. > :50:29.of political frivolity. If I had, over the many
:50:30. > :50:34.meetings I've had with her, the lunches, the discussions
:50:35. > :50:36.we've had, they have been going down the who's in,
:50:37. > :50:47.who's out Westminster chat, I'd have got a very hard
:50:48. > :50:48.stare and possibly that "bloody
:50:49. > :50:51.difficult woman" would have told me it's not an appropriate
:50:52. > :50:52.subject for discussion. Married for 36 years,
:50:53. > :50:55.her husband Philip He will now become only the second
:50:56. > :51:02.male partner to inhabit Number Ten. Philip May won't have to undergo
:51:03. > :51:05.the sort of scrutiny that a female spouse has to, except in tongue
:51:06. > :51:09.in cheek articles like this one. But that is not the only way
:51:10. > :51:13.in which the tone and mood in Theresa May is likely to bring
:51:14. > :51:19.a serious edge to being PM. Events have moved quickly,
:51:20. > :51:20.but this formidable politician may ten years ago have had
:51:21. > :51:25.an inkling of what is to come. Anything is possible if you work
:51:26. > :51:34.hard enough to achieve it. Let's take a look at some
:51:35. > :51:55.of the front pages for tomorrow. There is the Daily Telegraph,
:51:56. > :51:57.looking at May bringing in the Brexiteers, talking of course about
:51:58. > :52:04.Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis. The Guardian says the ayes
:52:05. > :52:07.have it, the ayes have it's pledged to Brexit Britain, the pledged that
:52:08. > :52:12.she is taking a serious approach, putting David Davis in charge of the
:52:13. > :52:17.process of negotiating those terms. That is not Boris Johnson's job, but
:52:18. > :52:25.David Davis' job. And the Daily Mirror, with that infamous image
:52:26. > :52:28.from 2012. Dear world, sorry, is that take on Boris Johnson's
:52:29. > :52:30.appointment as Foreign Secretary. Our political editor
:52:31. > :52:38.Laura Kuenssberg is with me again. At the end of this programme, let's
:52:39. > :52:42.think about the immense scale of the challenge that Theresa may now
:52:43. > :52:45.faces. Whenever she is near a microphone, Theresa May said she
:52:46. > :52:50.just want to get on with the job, and today she has been doing that,
:52:51. > :52:54.making calls to leaders around the world. Notably, her first call was
:52:55. > :52:59.to Angela Merkel, the German leader. Despite her desire to get on with
:53:00. > :53:03.things, she will really be held to account on two big things. Firstly,
:53:04. > :53:07.keeping the promise she has made that we will leave the European
:53:08. > :53:12.Union and Brexit means Brexit, as she describes it. Secondly, keeping
:53:13. > :53:15.that bold promise she made just earlier today that although she has
:53:16. > :53:20.not been chosen by the general public at an election, she will
:53:21. > :53:24.govern for everyone. That was a direct promise she made to the
:53:25. > :53:28.nation. And she is a very determined politician, but on both of those
:53:29. > :53:32.things, there are bigger hurdles in her way. How do we go about the
:53:33. > :53:37.process of leaving the European Union? That is still not clear. How
:53:38. > :53:41.does she keep the second promise at a time when public spending budgets
:53:42. > :53:46.are still under pressure, spending is still being squeezed across the
:53:47. > :53:53.board Wes make so much has changed in the last three weeks, it is
:53:54. > :53:58.dizzying. But Theresa has a challenge that David Cameron had.
:53:59. > :54:02.This government only has a majority of 12, just a dozen. That means
:54:03. > :54:06.Theresa May will have to be absolutely sure of what she's doing,
:54:07. > :54:09.whether it's dealing with the country's existing problems or
:54:10. > :54:14.trying to bring in something new. Fine words don't count for much if
:54:15. > :54:20.you can't actually get anything done. Indeed. Laura, thanks very
:54:21. > :54:21.much. Laura Kuenssberg, our political editor.
:54:22. > :54:24.And that's all from BBC News At Ten on the day Britain
:54:25. > :54:26.got a new Prime Minister, Theresa May, who replaced
:54:27. > :54:28.David Cameron and has committed to fighting injustice
:54:29. > :54:30.during her term in office, assembling a radically different
:54:31. > :54:32.team of ministers to try to deliver on those promises.
:54:33. > :54:37.Next on BBC One, it's time for the news where you are.
:54:38. > :54:40.But we'll leave you with some of the pwerful words and images
:54:41. > :54:54.Other than one meeting this afternoon
:54:55. > :55:01.the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light.
:55:02. > :55:04.Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it.
:55:05. > :55:14.After all, as I once said, I was the future once.
:55:15. > :55:36.for this great country that I love so very much.
:55:37. > :55:44.Her Majesty the Queen has asked me to form a new Government,
:55:45. > :55:52.Together, we will build a better Britain.