13/07/2016 BBC News at Six

Theresa May becomes Britain's new Prime Minister here in Downing

Street, with a message to the country and the world.

We will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few but

for every one of us. That will be the mission of the Government I lead

and together, we will build a better Britain.

David Cameron bows out after his last Prime Minister's Questions

with a wry look back at his time in office.

You can achieve a lot of things in politics,

And that, in the end, the public service,

the national interest, that is what it's all about.

Nothing is really impossible if you put your mind to it.

After all, as I once said, I was the future once!

This afternoon he left Downing Street with his family.

A short while afterwards, Mrs May took the short journey

There, she was asked by Her Majesty to form the next government.

Tonight, she's Britain's second woman Prime Minister.

She'll take congratulation calls from world leaders

Good evening from Downing Street where tonight Theresa May,

behind this door, is settling in as the new Prime Minister.

And, within the last few minutes, she's spoken about the task ahead.

Her mission was to make a country that worked for everyone.

David Cameron is now the former Prime Minister and has moved out.

He was applauded by MPs at his last session of Prime Minister's

Questions and he left here with his wife Samantha and their children

In this programme, we'll be looking back at his time in office,

at Mrs May's sudden rise to power, her likely policies and priorities -

and we'll be getting reaction from around the UK and beyond.

First, our Political Editor, Laura Kuenssberg, reports

on the day Britain welcomed a new Prime Minister.

He was the future once. Always a politician, ready with a line. But

with his family beside him in front of the cameras like this for the

first time, there was just the power of goodbye. He didn't really need a

script. It's not been an easy journey. Of course we've not got

every decision right. But I do believe today our country is much

stronger. Above all, it was about turning around the economy. With a

deficit cut by two thirds, two-and-a-half million more people

in work and one million more businesses, there can be no doubt

our economy is immeasurably stronger. David Cameron wanted a

different Tory Party and a different country. But he leaves the same way

they all do, so many fights forgotten, failure remembered among

some success but the family remains. I want to thank my children for whom

Downing Street has been a lovely home over these last six years. They

sometimes kicked the red boxes full of work. Florence, you once climbed

into one before a foreign trip and said, "Take me with you". No more

boxes. Above all, I want to thank Samantha, the love of my life. You

have kept me vaguely sane and, as well as become in an amazing wife,

mother and businesswoman, you have done something every week in that

building behind me to celebrate the best of voluntary service in our

country. It has been the greatest honour of my life to serve our

country as Prime Minister over these last six years and to serve as

leader of my party for almost 11 years. As we leave for the last

time, my only wish is continued success for this great country that

I love so very much. Thank you APPLAUSE THEN, ALMOST TIME TO GO.

But first, a family hug. Then the form Alpart of his farewell, a

journey started when he promised the public a vote on the European Union.

The last word from the Queen at the palace to her Prime Minister. Who

knows what comfort she was able to give. But before the regal sign-off,

there aide been time for a show of support. Even after all the ranker

from the beating heart of Westminster inside the Commons.

CHEERING Normally a raucous bear pit.

THE SPEAKER: Questions to the Prime Minister. It was Prime Minister's

comedy stand-up rather than Prime Minister's Questions. Mr Speaker,

this morning I had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others.

Other than one meeting this afternoon with Her Majesty the

Queen, the diary for the rest of my day is remarkably light. MPs from

nearly all sides offering good humour. I'm told there are lots of

leadership roles out there at the moment. The England football team.

There's Top Gear. And a joke from the opposition leader at David

Cameron's expense. I was talking of the economy, the Home Secretary

again, she said, many people find themselves exploited by unscrupulous

bosses. I can't imagine who she was referring to! Then the last of David

Cameron at the dispatch box. I will miss the roar of the crowd. I will

miss the bashes from the opposition. -- barbs of the opposition. I will

be willing you all on. People come here with huge passion for the

issues they care about. They come here with great love for the

constituencies they represent. The last thing I'd say is that you can

achieve a lot of things in politics. You can get a lot of things done.

That, in the end, the public service, the national interest, is

what it is all about. Nothing is really impossible if you put your

mind to. After all, I once said, I was the future once! Cheer cheer An

ovation from the Tory benches. And a wave to his family watching

on. A Downing Street, they watched on a

day timed to the minute. It's... Over now. PMQs are just finishing.

Preparations were well underway for the next occupant. Today is not

really about David Cameron at all. His job now just to wave goodbye.

Gathering up the family, leaving their way of life. Samantha Cameron

alongside the departing Prime Minister with the three children all

part of the grandest leaving do in town. Cheered out but living a

country divided over the European Union. Out before he intended to go

and his party divided too. But almost as speedily as the motorcycle

outriders, the new Prime Minister swept into her job. Not elected by

her party, not elected by you or me, for the last few weeks have

propelled Theresa May far quicker than she'd ever expected to achiever

to ambition of accepting the Queen's invitation to run the country. She's

no stranger to high office. But as the nation's leader, this is a big

first introduction. I have just been to Buckingham Palace where Her

Majesty, the Queen, has asked me to form a new Government and I

accepted. In David Cameron, I follow in the footsteps of a great modern

Prime Minister. Under David's leadership, the Government

stabilised the economy, reduced the budget deficit and helped more

people into work than ever before. But David's true legacy is not about

the economy but about social justice. From the introduction of

same-sex marriage to taking people on low wages out of income tax

although, David Cameron's led a one-nation Government and it is in

that spirit that I also plan to lead. Because not everybody knows

this but the full title of my party is the Conservative and Euandownist

party. And that word unionist is very important to me. It means we

believe in the union. The precious bond between England, Scotland,

Wales and Northern Ireland. But it means something else that is just as

important. It means we believe in a union not just between the nations

of the United Kingdom but between all of our citizens. Every one of

us, whoever we are and wherever we're from. That means fighting

against the burning injustice that if you're born poor you will die on

average nine years earlier than others. If you're black, you're

treated more harshly by the criminal Usities system than if you're white.

If you are's a white working class boy, you're less likely to go to

university. It you're at a state school, you're less likely to reach

the top professions thaven if you're educated privately. If you're a

woman, you'll earn less than a man. If you're young, you'll find it

harder than ever before to own your own home. But the mission to make

Britain a country that works for everyone means more than fighting

these injustices. If you're from an ordinary working class family, life

is harder than many people in Westminster realise. You have to job

but don't always have job security. You have your own home but you worry

about paying the mortgage. You can just about manage, but you worry

about the cost of living and getting your kids into a good school. If

you're one of those families, if you're just managing, I want to

address you directly. I know you're working around the clock, I know

you're doing your best. I know that sometimes life can be a struggle.

The Government I lead will be driven not by the interests of the

privileged few, but by yours. We will do everything we can to give

you more control over your lives. We are living through an important

moment in our country's history. Following the referendum, we face a

time of great national change. I know, because we're Great Britain,

that we will rise to the challenge. As we leave the European Union, we

will forge a bold new positive role for ourselves in the world. And we

will make Britain a country that works not-a privileged few but for

every one of us. That will be the mission of the Government I lead and

together, we will build a better Britain. A leader who hopes for calm

but might well surprise. Events will no doubt surprise Theresa May. But

sometimes politicians find a moment, sometimes, it is the moment that

finds them. Well, Mrs May has spoken in some

detail about what she wants She's spoken about what she wants to

achieve as Prime Minister. There will be no backing down over Brexit.

She wants a fairer economy with a narrower gap. Here's our deputy

Political Editor John Pienaar on Theresa May the politician.

She'll remember this moment when things get tough and they will,

starting now. Theresa May was only embraced as Tory Leader on Monday.

Now she's on a journey as tough as any leader in peacetime. There've

been markers. Remember her telling Tories people just didn't like them

anymore. You know what some people call us, the nasty party. Theresa

May, are your lines on... She came down against uncontrolled migration.

There is no case in the national interest for immigration of the

scale we've experienced over the last decade. The next Prime Minister

of this great country, Theresa May. May's Britain will somehow have to

be tough and tender. Moments before she knew she would be PM she mapped

out her globe Alam Bigs. To steer us through this political uncertainty

and negotiate the best deal for Britain and forge a new role for

ourselves in the world. Remaking relations between Britain and the

world, a huge task. In talks in Brussels curbing EU migration and

getting a deal on trade. Dozens of deals need doing worldwide.

Britain's global influence has to be protected in NATO and the UN.

Britain's can't become an inwashed focussed nation. We'll carry on

playing the role we play on an international stage. In NATO, our

security relations with other countries. There will be a big focus

to stay part of the international community. Our decision on the

European Union is not about Britain becoming a small nation focussed on

itself. When it comes to the Brexit economy, business and finances

outside the Eu, the task's just as tall. The Prime Minister want's

business more productive that needs help from Government. Foreign

takeovers of firms vital to Britain could be blocked. George Osborne

wanted more productive business. Now it's more urgent. To get more homes

built, they're needed badly. As for public spending, he tried to cut

welfare and failed. Rebel Tory MPs can block any toll Si easily. But

public money is scarce. We have to build on the strong economic legacy

Theresa May's inheriting. We need to encourage business to take advantage

of the challenges and opportunities that Brexit throws up. You make it

sound simple? It's a tough challenge. She's the right woman to

do it. She has the negotiating experience to make sure Brexit wins.

More equality, that's as Bigs as any. Since her early days as a

shadow minister, Theresa May's job's been about policy supporting women.

Now it's about more. A society that works for everyone. So we bring

people back together, rich and poor, young and old, male and female,

black and white, sick and healthy. Public sector, private sector. Those

with skills, those without. That sounded like David Cameron's for

equal opportunity. The aim to cool resentment and deep division between

haves and have Nottingham. Today, it is a mission that will take time,

perhaps a lot of time. How much of this mission making Britain a fairer

place in every way can you realistically expect her to manage?

She's started that journey already. With David there. You will anot do

it in one Parliament. It is something you'll have to keep doing.

Keep embedding in. It's a mission of decades? It is. But it's not a

reason not to do it. All too often, it has been put in the too difficult

pile. Britain's new Prime Minister will not lack from goodwill from her

party. The political honeymoon won't last long. It never does. The truly

hard work begins. The walk ward international negotiations. Pushing

through plans and reforms with a tiny majority in the Commons. None

of it is easy in normal times. These times are anything but normal. If

Theresa May wants to know how hard is it to be Prime Minister, she

know's exactly who to ask. So with Mrs May's arrival here today

came Mr Cameron's departure. He led his party and the coalition

and won a Conservative majority at the last general election

against all the odds. His time in office was dominated

by the economy and trying But a crushing referendum

defeat has forced him out. Nick Robinson reports now

on Mr Cameron's legacy. There are some flashing images in

this report. It began where it ended,

on the doorstep of Number 10. It began with success which few

expected and ended in failure, David Cameron became our youngest

Prime Minister for 200 years, not because he won an election

but because he won over Nick Clegg Prime Minister, do you now regret

when once asked what your favourite The joke was on those who said

the coalition could never last. Love it or loathe it,

there was be stable government, unlike most countries in Europe

after the worst economic The cuts they said they had to make

and what was called the age This afternoon, the man

who was Mr Cameron's Director of Communications spoke to me

in a quiet, now empty, There was a dinner at Downing Street

last night where David Cameron had And somebody paying tribute to him

said he was a quiet revolutionary He started by forming a coalition

government and that really And he showed the vision

and determination to do it because he gave economic stability

to the country at a time Many Tories did not

much like the coalition A Conservative Prime Minister siding

with gay campaigners and against those who insisted

marriage should only be And his decision to increase

spending on overseas aid while cutting it at home

was scarcely more popular, with a growing number

tempted to back Ukip, a party that was winning more

and more support, even though it once dismissed them as a home

for fruitcakes and loonies. I have been up half the night

and this is absolutely marvellous! Amid growing pressure

from within and without, David Cameron made

this fateful promise. We will give the British people

a referendum with a very To stay in the European Union

on these new terms or to It was a massive gamble that EU

leaders would give him a better deal and the British voters

would back it. A gamble that was to go

spectacularly wrong. This issue of whether or not Britain

remained in or out of EU It just happen to land

on the station on his watch. It was inevitable that there

was going to be a referendum. He showed real leadership,

gut and determination in calling it. It didn't work out for him

but there was real leadership there. Some said a referendum was too risky

but David Cameron agreed to another on Scottish independence and though

it looked mighty close at times,

he won it, thanks to what Yes campaigners

complained was Project Fear. His next big electoral test was last

year's General Election. He warned that electing Ed Miliband

would produce instability and chaos. But I suggested to him that

that is precisely what would result And if you don't win the referendum,

what is Plan B? You have a negotiation

you cannot succeed in. And a vote that if you lose,

Britain will be out of the EU. It was, although,

a popular - perhaps an election-winning -

promise. We are saying the Conservatives

are the largest party. But just 13 months later,

another electoral surprise. David Cameron had led us out

of the EU by mistake. In the end, his legacy will be

having ripped up Britain's relationships with our nearest

neighbours and also left a country that is very divided and that wasn't

what he wanted to do. That is why the Cameron family

were forced to leave Number 10 today, two years earlier

than they had originally planned. In a few days, David Cameron

will take his place on the wall here at Number 10 alongside other

former Prime Ministers. When he got the job he told me that

what mattered was character. He left office today because of one

decision that went terribly wrong. Nick Robinson, BBC News,

10 Downing Street. With me here, following every

move, our Political Editor,

Laura Kuenssberg. The Prime Minister has been a

Downing Street for 30 minutes, what will be happening? Who can imagine

what is going through her mind? She has what through the doors, enter

the biggest job in the country and you can see some of the pictures

that have been taken of her making the staff, following the Downing

Street tradition of being applauded as she walks into the biggest

position in the country and the biggest moment in her career. The

first task at hand is to appoint a Cabinet, the team that will be with

her as she tries to take over the country and tries to pursue her own

priorities as well as picking up the reins from David Cameron and by the

end of this evening I suspect we will have the names of the first big

three appointments. The Chancellor, the Home Secretary and the Foreign

Secretary. Huge speculation, the Westminster guessing game, the only

name that is worth saying at the moment is widely expected, Philip

Hammond, the current Foreign Secretary, is most likely to move

into her next-door at number 11, but with reshuffles, they are

complicated and nothing is announced until it is announced. We have

learned not to protect anything! And what about the speech that Theresa

May made? Some unusual points, talking about the Conservative and

unionist or to, right at the top? And not just in terms of the union

between Scotland and the rest of the UK but in terms of what she

describes as the union between all of us as citizens of this country,

there was a very clear message throughout that speech that she

wants to represent everybody, not necessarily something we were

traditionally expect from a Conservative Prime Minister but she

was clear that she wanted to build on David Cameron's modern

Conservative government. David Cameron was always treated as a Tory

moderniser and Theresa May was a Conservative moderniser just before

it was fashionable, almost. But it was striking that she chose not to

talk extensively about business or about tax cuts or the economy, she

talked about rights, she talked about the pay gap for women, about

people being left behind, white working-class boys not doing as well

as others, how to close the gaps in society. With a very striking and

direct appeal to people who might have been watching. People who she

said, if you are just managing, I will listen to you. An

acknowledgement perhaps that she has not been elected at the General

Election or chosen by the Tory Party, she is a Prime Minister

moving in without a mandate from all of us. That is not something that

will make your task any easier and just as we hear the distant cries of

some protesters already at the gates, are mind that the 3.5 years

she expects to have an office will not be straightforward. -- a

reminder. Just a word about the timing

of our programme tonight. We're staying on air a little later

than usual because of events Millions of people up and down

the country will be reflecting tonight on what lies ahead

for Britain's new Prime Minister and whether she'll deliver

on her pledges for a fairer economy, changes to immigration and the best

possible Brexit deal. Our correspondent, Jon Kay,

has been sampling the people's view With politics turned on its head,

trampoline Park seems like the perfect place to come. Swindon and

voted for Brexit but after all the twists and turns of the last few

weeks, people here say what they want most from Mrs May is the

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

It is not going to be too rocky. With everything that has to be done,

she has a tough job. It is a monumental job. Would you want it?

Absolutely not! The new Prime Minister faces huge challenges. Jane

hopes Mrs May not just focus on Brexit. There are so many other

things that are important, the NHS, schools, some are just going on that

I would like to move on from that and start focusing on other things

besides leaving the European Union. In the town centre, the people of

Swindon watched as the transfer of power got under way at Westminster.

We ask voters to give us one word to describe the kind of Prime Minister

may want to reason may to be. Honest. -- Theresa May.

I think she should be a good listener. Because it is about time

we had somebody who listens to the people. It you are. Somebody who

will walk the walk and not just talk the talk. To the steam Museum, a

grandmother Denise is worried by the fact that Mrs May did not want

Brexit, she hopes the new Prime Minister will not delay. We have no

option but to go forward and we do not crack on your dragging our feet,

we are not... We have to be seen to be as strong as a country. Many

visitors told us that Theresa May needs to unite her party and the UK.

What should be top of the to-do list? To organise her Cabinet. In

such a way that brings people together and does not cause tension.

Let us get back to some normality. Can that happen? For a while, I

don't think so. Tonight, it is all change. Again...

But how will Mrs May be viewed in Wales, Northern Ireland

and Scotland, where Britain's departure from the EU has prompted

new demands for a rethink on relations with Westminster?

Let's get the views of three of our correspondents.

We start with our Scotland Editor, Sarah Smith, in Edinburgh.

Wasn't interesting? Everybody heard the first words talking about how

passionately she cares about the union between Scotland, England,

Wales and Northern Ireland. She knows one of the biggest challenges

she might face is trying to preserve that union between Scotland and the

rest of the UK because Nicola Sturgeon has said she thinks a

second referendum on Scottish independence is highly likely. She

also wants assurances that she will be fully involved in the Brexit

negotiations, the first Minister is in London today but she is not yet

scheduled a meeting. I hope and would expect to speak to

Theresa May over the next couple of days and to begin the process of

making sure not just that Scotland is fully and directly involved

in this process but that we are involved with a view to having

different outcomes for Scotland Nicola Sturgeon wants assurances

that chewing those discussions she can explore different ways of trying

to maintain Scotland's links with the EU even as the UK leaves and if

there is no other way to do that, the option of a second referendum

amongst -- for Scottish independence is very much on the table. The first

Minister of Wales claimed he had discovered the internet for any

mention Theresa May had ever made of the country. Before today, she had

very little to do with devolved politics but now there are urgent

problems here demanding her attention. Generally, the ongoing

steel crisis, but politics has been in turmoil, thousands of

steelworkers in South Wales have been waiting to learn their fate

with the government should say what it is offering to do over their

pensions. Then there is Brexit, the majority here voted for it and I

have been told -- having been told by the Leave campaign that a

shortfall in EU funding would be made up by the central government, a

promise Theresa May did not make but she will be under pressure to keep

that. And the future of the National Assembly, there is already

legislation coming to give this place new powers on speed limits but

will they be overtaken by events elsewhere? Theresa May has been the

Prime Minister for the matter of minutes, her entry is already

filling up fast. In Northern Ireland, unionists have given a warm

welcome to Theresa May becoming Prime Minister and that is because

they see traditional Tory who shares a lot of their values and she would

appoint herself in leading the Conservative and unionist.

Nationalists have been cooler in their reception, Sinn Fein have

suggested that Theresa May could be bad for Northern Ireland and the

peace process. And here at Stormont there are issues that threaten

relationships, the latest of which is Brexit. People feel that the

economy here could be exposed whenever the UK leaves the EU and

that is partly because of those cross-border trading links with the

Republic of Ireland will remain an EU country. And that question about

what happens to the border. Whenever she was Home Secretary, Theresa May

campaign here during the referendum, talking about the fact that she felt

the border would have to change, there would have to be some

controls. She might feel differently as Prime Minister and she will want

to do all she can to avoid unsettling Anglo-Irish

relationships. Thank you, all. Managing Britain's exit from the

European Union will be a top priority for Mrs May. Today, some of

the Brussels bosses who'll sit across the tables from her in future

negotiations have been beginning their views on the way ahead. One

called the turmoil over Britain's departure shocking. Another said

despite the dedivorce, the UK and European Union would be the closest

partners. Our European editor Katya Adler on the view from the EU.

She will be the figurehead leadings Britain's exit from the European

Union. She'll need to negotiate the details with all of these EU

leaders. In an awkward situation, maintaining cordial relations will

be key. Today, on an official visit to China, the EU tone sounded

positive. I will not negotiate with Britain in a hostile mood. We are

partners. I'm not giving public advices to the in coming British

Prime Minister. I don't want to lecture her. I don't want to talk

about her before having talked with her. It's here in Brussels that

Theresa May will meet all EU leaders for the first time at a summit in a

couple of months. She'll be anxious to grab that opportunity to talk

that them off the record, perhaps over a cup of coffee, about the kind

of deal the UK can expect outside the EU. She'll have her work cow

out. Some of those leaders don't want to talk a word about Brexit

until the formal leave is started. France is out for revenge. It wants

tough negotiations. Italy wants to send a strong message with its own

economic and political problems, it needs the EU to stick together.

While eastern and battics Europe don't want to alienate Britain. They

need UK backing to keep a hardline against Russia. But this arguably is

Theresa May's most important negotiating partner when it comes to

Brexit. Germany's powerful Angela Merkel. Lie Theresa May, steely,

wiley, determined. Of course, Theresa May is no stranger to

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

Officials here warn she shouldn't joined estimate them. Theresa May is

well known. She will find people who know her. Who will negotiate with

her on equal footing. Even for someone with a reputation as a tough

negotiator like Mrs May? She is a tough negotiator. I can assure you

here the European Parliament are tough negotiators as well. The EU

relationship's never been easy. Theresa May will find safe guarding

interests here even more complex in the short-term at least. I have here

a letter just sent to Theresa May from the President of the European

Commission. In it, as you would expect, he congratulates her on her

new job. He's also very clear. He would like to hear as soon as

possible from Britain's new Prime Minister who sort of arrangements

she expects for the UK outside the EU. Under EU rules, it is now up to

Britain to start those formal Brexit negotiations. The rest of the EU

waits impatiently. She started her political career

stuffing envelopes at her local Conservative

Association. Some of those who've worked with her

say she's a plain speaker, and that she's among the toughest

in government. Here's Reeta Chakrabarti now

on Theresa May, the person. Teresa Mary Brazier as she was then,

has travelled far in Raised in Oxfordshire,

the girl who would be PM honed her political skills

in Berkshire where she had been Known as a conscientious

and diligent local MP, she has made her home

in the constituency. Her political reputation as a steely

negotiator rings very true here. I think Theresa's negotiating powers

are extremely good, I have dealt with her over the course

of the past ten years. So I know how she can

strike a hard bargain, she knows what she wants

when she has done the analysis She rose quickly, becoming Tory

party chairman in 2002 Charged with helping to modernise

the Conservatives, she is known She will take action on the basis

of calm reflection, reading the papers, working at it,

taking professional advice. Britain's second female

Prime Minister has over the years sent out mixed messages

about being a woman in politics. But Margaret Thatcher proved

that your ability to lead your country depends

on your talent and your courage, not on whether you

are a man or woman. But she has actively campaigned

for equality within the Tory party, co-founding a new group to get more

women selected as candidates. She is totally committed

and actually that 2010 generation who are now hopefully going to be

in the Cabinet, were all personally mentored and supported

and encouraged by her. Married for 36 years, her husband

Philip is known as her rock. He will now become only the second

male consort at Number Ten. Philip may won't have to undergo

the sort of scrutiny that a female spouse has to, except in tongue

in cheek articles like this one. But that is not the only way

in which tone and mood in Theresa May is likely to bring

a serious and considered This serious and formidable

politician may perhaps ten years ago have had an inkling

of what was to come. So have faith, anything

is possible if you work hard Time for a final word

on this remarkable day from our Political Editor,

Laura Kuenssberg. It is the end of the Cameron years.

The start of the May years. How will these differ in approach? At the

start of the Theresa May's speech she was clear she wanted to build on

David Cameron's achievements. They are very different. They're very

different people. In a way, David Cameron's ambition to be Prime

Minister came first and then he filled in the blanks of what he

wanted to do. But Theresa May is perhaps the other way around. She

worked her way up to the ambition where eventually she saw she could

potentially become Prime Minister. I think in terms of their style,

Theresa May, we'll see less of her. She's certainly not flash. She's not

one for gimmicks. I think we'll see a more serious, sober kind of

administration. What she's going to have to deal with though, is

something which was a big problem for David Cameron that will be a big

problem for her. The Government has a majority of just 12 seats. So,

however she wants to confront the country's problems, whatever ideas

of her own she wants to introduce, she'll have a lot of persuading to

do. She just doesn't have the comfort, security blanket of a party

behind her on the benches in the Commons willing to wave anything

through. That will be a challenge from day two. Perhaps maybe not

tonight. We get some idea of what's to come from Mrs May from the

protesters we can here shouting Brexit, when do we want it, now.

From a Conservative Prime Minister we might expect protests about cuts

or austerity. We've certainly had that during David Cameron's time in

power. Tonight, those protesters are chanting Brexit. That's what we

want, when do we want it. Now. The most pressing challenge is how does

she go about satsifying the demands of those millions who voted to leave

the European Union with an expectation immigration would fall.

How does she match that with 27 European leaders around the EU all

with demands of their own. Huge challenge. No Prime Minister has

ever had to face one quite like it. Thank you. Let's take a step away

from fascinating politician. Let's take a look at the weather. Storm

clouds not quite gathering. But looking pretty grey.

It did feel at least a little like July in the sunny spells today.

We've had some sunshine. But, as Fiona mentioned, we've had storm

clouds. Some rumbles of thunder. There still are out there. This is

the shower cloud drifting southwards and eastwards. Fewer showers this

evening across the south-west and Wales. Rumbles of thunder will ease.

Some showers still going into the small hours. One thing it will be is

pretty chilly tonight, particular lateral out in the countryside.

Prance as low as 4 or 5 in the glens of Scotland. We have a ridge of high

pressure settling our weather down temporarily. It looks like Thursday

will be the driest day of the week. Still a few showers potentially

first thing in eastern areas. That ridge of high pressure ensures most

of us will have decent spells of strong July sunshine. Temperatures

will nudge up a little bit on today. The winds will be lighter. 18s or

19s in the north. 2 or 21 in the south. Make the most of the sun.

Bear in mind it is July with that strong high UV. High levels of the

pollen. Just one or two showers. Very unlucky if you catch one. It

should be dry at Lord's. And dry up in Troon for the start of the Open

golf. Change is on the way. If you're heading out tomorrow evening.

Fine and dry for the most part. Pretty chilly into the evening.

Humid air building in the south with this next weather system knocking on

the door of Northern Ireland on Friday morning and into Scotland. A

spell of wet weather before it moves out of the way. Mist and low cloud

in the west. Drizzle elsewhere. The driest weather in the west. Cooler

air is on the way. Or fresher air across the northern half of the

country. Staying humid in the south. Even in that fresher air into the

weekend, given some sunshine, we'll see temperatures getting up to

around 25 Celsius. Potentially the tops, that is. For most of us,

feeling fresher as we head into the weekend. As ever, plenty more

available on the website. On a day the former Prime Minister

moved out far sooner than we could ever have expected and Theresa May

says she will make a country that works for everyone. Philip Hammond,

at the moment, Foreign Secretary. Who knows what job he may be given

inside. You can find out later on the BBC News at ten. Next, on BBC

One, we'll join the BBC News teams where you are. Before we go, let's

leave you with some of the images from today.

THE SPEAKER: Order. Questions to the Prime Minister. Other than one

meeting this afternoon with imagine, the Queen, the diary for the rest of

my day is remarkably light! LAUGHTER Nothing is really impossible if you

put your mind to it. After all, I once said, I was the future once!

Is the My only wish is continued success for this great country that

I love so very much. Her Majesty the Queen has asked me

to form a new Government and I accepted. Together, we will build a

better Britain.