:00:10. > :00:12.I am at Westminster, with a special edition of Outside Source.
:00:13. > :00:33.Theresa May becomes Britain's new Prime Minister.
:00:34. > :00:40.Together, we will build a better Britain.
:00:41. > :00:43.Theresa May was officially appointed by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
:00:44. > :00:46.She has already appointed some key posts in her cabinet.
:00:47. > :00:48.The most eye-catching so far is that the former mayor
:00:49. > :00:50.of London, Boris Johnson, is Foreign Secretary.
:00:51. > :00:52.Earlier, David Cameron made his resignation
:00:53. > :00:54.speech, with his wife and children beside him.
:00:55. > :01:00.He made a passionate defence of his time in office.
:01:01. > :01:10.as we leave for the last time, my only wish is the continued success
:01:11. > :01:18.of this great country which I love so very much. Thank you. I will
:01:19. > :01:21.bring you all the details of the quite remarkable day.
:01:22. > :01:23.I'm Karin Giannone in the BBC Newsroom, here in London.
:01:24. > :01:25.We will also get international reaction to today's events,
:01:26. > :01:28.including from Europe, where they will be eager to know
:01:29. > :01:44.Get in touch using the hashtag bbc os.
:01:45. > :01:55.Good evening from Westminster and welcome back to Outside Source.
:01:56. > :01:58.Theresa May is spending her first night inside Downing Street as Prime
:01:59. > :02:02.But she has not wasted any time in getting down to business.
:02:03. > :02:04.We have already seen several high-profile cabinet appointments.
:02:05. > :02:16.We can talk to Vicki Young in Downing St.
:02:17. > :02:27.We can talk to Rob Johnson. Boris Johnson is the name that may have
:02:28. > :02:35.taken people by surprise. The blonde bombshell of Brexit. I think she has
:02:36. > :02:43.done because he is very popular with activists. And I also think that it
:02:44. > :02:52.is a good post for him simply to be out of that weird bit. But he is a
:02:53. > :03:01.very good salesman. She thinks he may be ideal in a post Brexit world.
:03:02. > :03:08.How many people will be surprise, especially with the comments he has
:03:09. > :03:16.made in his newspaper column. A real break with their past, as well, with
:03:17. > :03:19.the likes of George Osborne leaving. David Cameron and George Osborne was
:03:20. > :03:27.very much a get one and get one free. I do not think this is so much
:03:28. > :03:39.of an ideological change, but she is joined to save, this is a new start.
:03:40. > :03:48.She was also seeing that the government was not going to be for
:03:49. > :03:57.the privileged few. We have just had the key positions. Is there any
:03:58. > :04:03.sense of this being a Theresa May government. I think you get the
:04:04. > :04:08.sense that she is trying to balance Brexit with her side of the argument
:04:09. > :04:16.to remain in the European Union. She does not want to start off by having
:04:17. > :04:25.an almighty fall out with the Conservative Party members and the
:04:26. > :04:33.other MPs. We have a leading Brexit campaigner kicking charge of
:04:34. > :04:38.negotiating that exit from the European Union. We have another
:04:39. > :04:47.Brexit campaigner with this new Trade Minister position, Liam Fox.
:04:48. > :04:53.Her speech was interesting, pointing out that she was not going to run a
:04:54. > :04:58.government for the privileged. I think she was trying to appeal to a
:04:59. > :05:06.lot of these people who had voted to leave the European Union. She David
:05:07. > :05:13.Cameron had said he wanted to use this term to shake off the image of
:05:14. > :05:18.the Conservative Party of being only for the rich and privileged. She has
:05:19. > :05:24.said that he had started that work. Clearly, she is intent on carrying
:05:25. > :05:29.that time. But no we are in this position where we have two negotiate
:05:30. > :05:40.our exit from the European Union. It is not going to be easy. Thank you
:05:41. > :05:40.very much for joining us. With the arrival of
:05:41. > :05:43.So with Theresa May's arrival here today,
:05:44. > :05:48.and he won a Conservative majority at the last general election,
:05:49. > :05:52.His time in office was dominated by the economy and trying
:05:53. > :05:55.But a crushing referendum defeat has forced him out.
:05:56. > :05:59.Nick Robinson reports now on Mr Cameron's legacy.
:06:00. > :06:02.It began where it ended, on the doorstep of Number 10.
:06:03. > :06:05.It began with success which few expected and ended in failure,
:06:06. > :06:12.David Cameron became our youngest Prime Minister for 200 years,
:06:13. > :06:15.not because he won an election but because he won over Nick Clegg
:06:16. > :06:21.Prime Minister, do you now regret when once asked what your favourite
:06:22. > :06:31.The joke was on those who said the coalition could never last.
:06:32. > :06:33.Love it or loathe it, theirs would be a stable government,
:06:34. > :06:36.unlike most countries in Europe after the worst economic
:06:37. > :06:48.The cuts they said they had to make and what was called the age
:06:49. > :06:55.This afternoon, the man who was Mr Cameron's Director
:06:56. > :06:57.of Communications spoke to me in a quiet, now empty,
:06:58. > :07:05.There was a dinner at Downing Street last night where David Cameron had
:07:06. > :07:09.And somebody paying tribute to him said he was a quiet revolutionary
:07:10. > :07:13.He started by forming a coalition government and that really
:07:14. > :07:18.And he showed the vision and determination to do it
:07:19. > :07:21.because he gave economic stability to the country at a time
:07:22. > :07:27.Many Tories did not much like the coalition,
:07:28. > :07:30.A Conservative Prime Minister siding with gay campaigners
:07:31. > :07:32.and against those who insisted marriage should only be
:07:33. > :07:44.And his decision to increase spending on overseas aid
:07:45. > :07:46.while cutting it at home was scarcely more popular,
:07:47. > :07:48.with a growing number tempted to back Ukip,
:07:49. > :07:51.a party that was winning more and more support, even though he'd
:07:52. > :07:56.once dismissed them as a home for fruitcakes and loonies.
:07:57. > :07:59.I have been up half the night and this is absolutely marvellous!
:08:00. > :08:00.Amid growing pressure from within and without,
:08:01. > :08:03.David Cameron made this fateful promise.
:08:04. > :08:05.We will give the British people a referendum with a very
:08:06. > :08:11.To stay in the European Union on these new terms or to
:08:12. > :08:18.It was a massive gamble that EU leaders would give him a better deal
:08:19. > :08:20.and the British voters would back it.
:08:21. > :08:24.A gamble that was to go spectacularly wrong.
:08:25. > :08:27.This issue of whether or not Britain remained in or out of EU
:08:28. > :08:31.It just happen to land on the station on his watch.
:08:32. > :08:34.It was inevitable that there was going to be a referendum.
:08:35. > :08:36.He showed real leadership, guts and determination in calling it.
:08:37. > :08:42.It didn't work out for him but there was real leadership there.
:08:43. > :08:45.Some said a referendum was too risky, but David Cameron agreed
:08:46. > :08:47.to another on Scottish independence and though it looked
:08:48. > :08:50.mighty close at times, he won it, thanks to
:08:51. > :08:55.what Yes campaigners complained was Project Fear.
:08:56. > :08:59.His next big electoral test was last year's General Election.
:09:00. > :09:02.He warned that electing Ed Miliband would produce instability and chaos.
:09:03. > :09:05.But I suggested to him that that is precisely what would result
:09:06. > :09:15.And if you don't win the referendum, what is Plan B for Britain?
:09:16. > :09:24.You may have a negotiation you cannot succeed in.
:09:25. > :09:28.And a vote that if you lose, and Britain will be out of the EU.
:09:29. > :09:30.It was, although, a popular - perhaps
:09:31. > :09:31.an election-winning - promise.
:09:32. > :09:35.We are saying the Conservatives are the largest party.
:09:36. > :09:37.But just 13 months later, another electoral surprise.
:09:38. > :09:54.David Cameron had led us out of the EU by mistake.
:09:55. > :09:56.In the end, his legacy will be having ripped up Britain's
:09:57. > :09:59.relationships with our nearest neighbours and also left a country
:10:00. > :10:02.that is very divided and that wasn't what he wanted to do.
:10:03. > :10:05.That is why the Cameron family were forced to leave Number 10
:10:06. > :10:07.today, two years earlier than they had originally planned.
:10:08. > :10:10.In a few days, David Cameron will take his place on the wall
:10:11. > :10:12.here at Number 10 alongside other former Prime Ministers.
:10:13. > :10:15.When he got the job he told me that what mattered was character.
:10:16. > :10:24.He left office today because of one decision that went terribly wrong.
:10:25. > :10:36.Nick Robinson, BBC News, 10 Downing Street.
:10:37. > :10:38.Earlier, I caught up with the Former British Ambassador
:10:39. > :10:40.to the United States, Sir Christopher Meyer.
:10:41. > :10:43.I began by asking him what people in capitals around the world will be
:10:44. > :10:53.wondering, as they watch these events unfold in the UK.
:10:54. > :11:06.the world be wondering what British foreign policy is going to do next.
:11:07. > :11:09.They are now leaving Europe. Obviously, the Prime Minister has
:11:10. > :11:16.made that clear. Other countries will no be seen what Britain going
:11:17. > :11:23.to do, are they going to be inward looking. They have to make it clear
:11:24. > :11:30.that this is an opportunity to for Britain boat in the world. We do not
:11:31. > :11:35.want to become a shrivelled little island off the coast of Europe.
:11:36. > :11:42.Around the world, look out for a radically new different British
:11:43. > :11:46.foreign policy. One that seeks to exploit possibilities and
:11:47. > :11:51.relationships all over the world. It is the logical thing to do. If
:11:52. > :11:55.you're going to leave the European Union, you have to reach out to all
:11:56. > :12:02.the other allies and partners we have around the world. I think we
:12:03. > :12:09.will see a big push in that direction. He are seeing a short
:12:10. > :12:16.while ago that there had dealings with America as Home Secretary give
:12:17. > :12:22.you some pointers. I think it will be fundamentally the same as it has
:12:23. > :12:26.been. Theresa May Is a realist foreign policy and she will realise
:12:27. > :12:32.that the United States remains our most important partner and ally, but
:12:33. > :12:37.she will be afraid and she has form in this, to stand up to the
:12:38. > :12:42.Americans when they start to do things which damage British
:12:43. > :12:49.interests. The classic case was the Gary McKinnon case, the British
:12:50. > :12:57.computer hacker. The Americans wanted to extradite him to the
:12:58. > :13:06.United States. She refused. In that respect, I think she will have a
:13:07. > :13:11.good relationship, but she will be may be very like Mrs Thatcher and we
:13:12. > :13:18.she did that. You are a former diplomat, how difficult will that
:13:19. > :13:23.Eadie of negotiating Brexit B. I think it is going to be something of
:13:24. > :13:29.great complexity. It comes in two parts. That is the pecking all the
:13:30. > :13:33.things that have netted us together to the European Union over the next
:13:34. > :13:37.40 years and then that is the construction of a new relationship
:13:38. > :13:43.with the 27 countries within the European Union, with regard to
:13:44. > :13:54.trade. What is that commercial went relationship going to be? There
:13:55. > :13:58.needs to be a strategy in place. We seek expect to see news about that
:13:59. > :14:06.soon. We saw David Cameron earlier on. He was listing has achievements
:14:07. > :14:13.as Prime Minister. Will his legacy be one work, which is Brexit? I fear
:14:14. > :14:18.that David Cameron, who in many respects was a great Prime Minister,
:14:19. > :14:25.will have on his political tombstone, the word Brexit, just as
:14:26. > :14:42.Tony Blair has his political tombstone, the word Iraq.
:14:43. > :14:45.That's all from me at Westminster. Back to Karin in the studio.
:14:46. > :14:47.I will be talking to Katty Kay in Washington shortly,
:14:48. > :14:50.for the view from the US of Britain's new prime minister
:14:51. > :15:00.Millions of people up and down the country will be reflecting
:15:01. > :15:03.tonight on what lies ahead for Britain's new Prime Minister
:15:04. > :15:05.and whether she will deliver on her pledges for a
:15:06. > :15:07."fairer economy", changes to immigration and the best
:15:08. > :15:11.Our correspondent Jon Kay has been sampling the people's view
:15:12. > :15:20.With politics turned on its head, a Trampoline Park seems
:15:21. > :15:24.Swindon voted for Brexit but after all the twists and turns
:15:25. > :15:27.of the last few weeks, people here say what they want most
:15:28. > :15:39.I hope she will steady us and put our worries at rest.
:15:40. > :15:47.With everything that has to be done, she has a tough job on her hands.
:15:48. > :15:56.The new Prime Minister faces some huge challenges.
:15:57. > :16:01.Jane hopes Mrs May will not just focus on Brexit.
:16:02. > :16:04.There are so many other things that are important, the NHS, schools,
:16:05. > :16:07.so much else going on that I would like her to move
:16:08. > :16:09.on from that and start focusing on other things besides
:16:10. > :16:17.In the town centre, the people of Swindon watched
:16:18. > :16:20.as the transfer of power got under way at Westminster.
:16:21. > :16:23.We asked voters to give us one word to describe the kind
:16:24. > :16:28.of Prime Minister may want to Theresa May to be.
:16:29. > :16:33.I think she should be a good listener.
:16:34. > :16:41.I think she should be a good listener.
:16:42. > :16:45.Because it is about time we had somebody who listens to the people.
:16:46. > :16:52.Somebody who will walk the walk and not just talk the talk.
:16:53. > :16:55.To the Swindon Steam Museum, where grandmother Denise is worried
:16:56. > :16:59.by the fact that Mrs May did not want Brexit, she hopes the new Prime
:17:00. > :17:08.If we don't crack on with it, we are dragging our feet, we are not...
:17:09. > :17:14.I think we have to be seen to be as strong as a country.
:17:15. > :17:16.Many visitors told us that Theresa May needs to unite
:17:17. > :17:35.What should be top of her to-do list?
:17:36. > :17:39.This is Outside Source live from the BBC newsroom.
:17:40. > :17:43.Theresa May has become the new British prime minister.
:17:44. > :17:47.She was officially appointed by the Queen at Buckingham Palace.
:17:48. > :17:49.She has been making her cabinet appointments.
:17:50. > :18:01.Boris Johnson will be foreign secretary.
:18:02. > :18:08.David Davis has also been appointed as the Secretary of State in charge
:18:09. > :18:10.of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
:18:11. > :18:13.The White House has congratulated Theresa May on her appointment
:18:14. > :18:16.She becomes the country's second female leader after
:18:17. > :18:20.She also joins a number of women leaders in the World as BBC
:18:21. > :18:24.points out, ahead of the US Elections this year.
:18:25. > :18:26."If Hillary wins in November, the US, UK, Germany,
:18:27. > :18:33.Federal Reserve and IMF will all be run by women".
:18:34. > :18:35.Katty has just co-authored a book called Womanomics,
:18:36. > :18:38.which takes a look at the largely hidden power that women have
:18:39. > :18:49.She joins us from our Washington studio.
:18:50. > :18:57.What a scenario, how would this affect waddled dynamics? It could
:18:58. > :19:01.potentially be include the United Nations as well come off with women
:19:02. > :19:09.is tipped to take over the top job there as well. It is a scenario that
:19:10. > :19:15.probably even 20 years ago would have been unthinkable. Two of three
:19:16. > :19:18.of the three big global economies and two of the most important
:19:19. > :19:26.financial institutions in the world being run by women. It is clearly
:19:27. > :19:32.unprecedented. It is also important in that it sends a message to young
:19:33. > :19:37.women that it is possible to have those jobs. They see role models in
:19:38. > :19:41.the top positions. If you believe as I do and the evidence seems to
:19:42. > :19:47.suggest that we are all better off when there is a mix of men and women
:19:48. > :19:57.running things, it is probably quite good news. You mentioned Hillary
:19:58. > :20:01.Clinton. As the country ready for easy meal president? I think so. I
:20:02. > :20:06.am not hearing on the campaign trail that people are not prepared to vote
:20:07. > :20:11.for her because of that. I hear a lot of criticism of her,
:20:12. > :20:17.particularly from younger women, but it is nothing to do with her gender.
:20:18. > :20:24.Younger women see that they are convinced that they will have a
:20:25. > :20:28.female president in the life thing, they are just not sure if they
:20:29. > :20:34.wanted to be Hillary Clinton. Other people think it is a question of
:20:35. > :20:40.urgency. Older people want to see it sooner rather than later. They
:20:41. > :20:44.recovered her as the best shot. So I think people here would be ready to
:20:45. > :20:51.elect her. The Playhouse has congratulated Theresa May on
:20:52. > :21:02.becoming Prime Minister. Paul will remake of Boris Johnson in the
:21:03. > :21:07.unique -- United States? Theresa May Is not particularly well known in
:21:08. > :21:13.the United States, but Boris Johnson is actually quite well known. I do
:21:14. > :21:20.not know if they would take him very seriously. The see him as something
:21:21. > :21:29.of a showman. The do not really look much about his record as the Mayor
:21:30. > :21:35.of London. It will be interesting to see how he manages the relationships
:21:36. > :21:41.in Washington. But they have already said that the United Kingdom, is a
:21:42. > :21:43.country that the view as the valuable ally. It will be
:21:44. > :21:45.interesting to see how this plays out.
:21:46. > :21:49.One of Theresa May's first tasks as PM was to appoint a minister
:21:50. > :21:51.to take charge of Britain's exit from the European Union.
:21:52. > :21:53.He will be former shadow home secretary, David Davis.
:21:54. > :21:56.Today, top EU officials said they wanted things to stay civil
:21:57. > :22:00.Let me show you this comment from the European Council President
:22:01. > :22:04.He told the Polish media that: "No one should be seething with desire
:22:05. > :22:06."to punish or humiliate (the British) for what
:22:07. > :22:10."We cannot push them away from us, but we cannot let them profit
:22:11. > :22:16.from Brexit, as that would be lethal for the EU."
:22:17. > :22:20.Our correspondent, Katya Adler, has more on the view from Europe.
:22:21. > :22:22.For the rest of Europe, the significance of Theresa May
:22:23. > :22:25.becoming British Prime Minister is this - she will be the figurehead
:22:26. > :22:26.leading Britain's exit from the European Union,
:22:27. > :22:28.and she will need to negotiate the details
:22:29. > :22:31.In an awkward situation, maintaining cordial
:22:32. > :22:43.Today, on an official visit to China, the EU
:22:44. > :22:48.I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile mood.
:22:49. > :22:51.I'm not giving public advice to the incoming
:22:52. > :23:00.I don't want to lecture her, I don't want to talk about her
:23:01. > :23:08.It's here in Brussels that Theresa May will meet all EU leaders
:23:09. > :23:11.for the very first time at a summit in a couple of months,
:23:12. > :23:13.and she'll be anxious to grab that opportunity to talk
:23:14. > :23:16.to them off the record - perhaps over a cup of coffee -
:23:17. > :23:20.about the kind of deal the UK can expect outside the EU.
:23:21. > :23:23.But she'll have her work cut out for her, because some of those
:23:24. > :23:27.leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit until the formal
:23:28. > :23:29.process of the UK leaving has started.
:23:30. > :23:34.It's going to be quite some juggling act.
:23:35. > :23:38.It wants tough negotiations to put others, especially
:23:39. > :23:40.Eurosceptic French voters, off pushing to leave the EU.
:23:41. > :23:42.Italy wants to send a strong message, too -
:23:43. > :23:44.with its own economic and political problems it needs
:23:45. > :23:57.While Eastern and Baltic Europe don't want to alienate Britain.
:23:58. > :24:00.They need UK backing to keep a hard line against Russia.
:24:01. > :24:02.But this, arguably, is Theresa May's most important negotiating partner
:24:03. > :24:14.Like Theresa May, steely, wily, determined.
:24:15. > :24:16.Of course, Theresa May is no stranger to Brussels.
:24:17. > :24:18.She's been here many times for EU ministers' meetings.
:24:19. > :24:23.But officials here warn she shouldn't underestimate them.
:24:24. > :24:25.Theresa May was well-known, she will find people who know her,
:24:26. > :24:28.who will negotiate on equal footing with her - but, I repeat,
:24:29. > :24:34.Even for someone with a reputation as a tough negotiator, like Mrs May?
:24:35. > :24:37.Theresa May is a tough negotiator, I can assure you here
:24:38. > :24:41.in the European Parliament are tough negotiators as well.
:24:42. > :24:43.The EU/UK relationship has never been easy.
:24:44. > :24:45.Theresa May now represents a Britain that has voted to Leave.
:24:46. > :24:48.She'll find safeguarding UK interests here even more complex,