She threw the Cameron / Osborne Tory policy out of the window and will clean house … promises a more socially balanced economic and financial policy from Whitehall and Downing Street 10. Hey HRC … are you listening to the signs of the times and Revolution on Inequality? The voices from Brussels towards the UK and the new trade negotiations has become more moderate, even from the president of the EP – Martin Schulz.
Contrary to all expectations, Theresa May named Boris Johnson to key post of Foreign Mimister …
○ Who’s who in Theresa May’s new cabinet [Update1]
[Update2:] UK May Day Call On the Environment …
… and the new Minister for the Environment (DEFRA Secretary) – You won’t believe it! – Andrea Leadsom, May’s fierce rival for Tory leadership!
My post a few days ago:
Rolling coverage of all the day’s political developments, including David Cameron’s last PMQs, Theresa May becoming PM and starting her cabinet reshuffle and Owen Smith launching his bid for the Labour leadership
- Philip Hammond becomes chancellor as Osborne resigns
- Cameron delivers parting shots at Corbyn in final PMQs
- Cameron’s speech in full as he left No 10
- May’s speech in full on becoming PM
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 altogether, David Cameron has 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 Unionist party and that word unionist is very important to me.
It means we believe in the union, the precious, 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 are treated more harshly by the criminal justice system than if you’re white.
If you’re a white working-class boy you’re less likely than anybody else in Britain to go to university.
If you’re at a state school you’re less likely to reach the top professions than if you’re educated privately.
If you’re a woman you will earn less than a man.
If you suffer from mental health problems, there’s not enough help to hand.
If you’re young you will 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 much harder than many people in Westminster realise.
You have a job, but you 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 are one of those families, if you’re just managing, I want to address you directly. I know you are working around the clock, I know you’re doing your best and 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.
When we take the big calls, we will think not of the powerful but you. When we pass new laws, we will listen not to the mighty but to you.
When it comes to taxes, we will prioritise not the wealthy but you. When it comes to opportunity, we won’t entrench the advantages of the fortunate few, we will do everything we can to help anybody, whatever your background, to go as far as your talents will take you.
We are living through an important moment in our country’s history.
Following the referendum, we face a time of great national change. And I know because we’re Great Britain 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 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.
A personification of what is wrong in the European Union … corporate capitalism, globalization and military policy outlined from Washington DC in NATO. Wall Street laughing at Main Street ans all peoples of democracies around the globe …
○ Ex-European Commission head Barroso under fire over Goldman Sachs job | BBC News |
War criminals get their reward … in the week of the Chilcot Iraq Inquiry report.
Great words but not backed up by her prior actions other than some push for gender equality. I suppose Brexiting might help income inequality by making the City a lot poorer, but that’s not usually the preferred strategy for that problem.
BoJo as Foreign Secretary I really don’t get. I know his clown act is an act, but it’s still his established persona. Maybe she’s hoping he’ll be the fall guy when the Brexit negotiations go south.
From Frank Schnittger’s diary – Tories do ruthless so well…but Boris?.
… because that would require unanimity among the EU’s members
Not so! Decision by a weighted majority will suffice. See my recent post – EU and Relationship Exited Member.
The road for an exit of an EU member has hardly been paved and is very much to the disadvantage of the UK.
Just like David Cameron doodling a little tune as he exits Downing Street 10, I am quite happy with the state of affairs. The Atlantic Unity stops
on the western shore of the North Sea. Europe should be a social-democratic economic power with a motivation for peace amongst nations.
The Brits with new PM Theresa May will be about survinal of the Union and doing a seminal task of nrgotiating trade deals across the globe. Perhaps what’s left of the “United” Kingdom will be less motivated to spread war and chaos across the Middle East. Labour is being torn apart at its seams between the Blairites [Chillcot’s Iraq Inquiry] and the Corbites. UK will be doing a lot of soul-searching.
From what I perceive, the Tories have broken with the duo Cameron-Osborne financial and economic policy. BRAVO! That’s a start. To keep Scotland within the Union, May will have to move quickly and commit to the promises made after the referendum for Scottish independence. Tony Blair will be seen historically as a failure because of the Iraq War, so will the EU referendum forever hang around the neck of David Cameron. We would have thought Jeremy Corbyn would outlast Cameron … the same can be said for Syria policy and Assad. What a chaos!
As NATO – EU were concentrated to expand eastwards [Ukraine] towards Moscow, it lost a chunk of land on the Western Frontier … the United Kingdom!
○ Official statements from President of the Republic François Hollande and his leading ministers on Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May is set to meet First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh today.
Hey, you all lost your job as I miscalculated the result of an EU referendum … I can still reward you for a job well done to be my supporter until the very end … Of course, did you fund the Tory party during my campaign, I won’t forget. It beholds her majesty the Queen to bestow a knighhood for your achievements for the country, the “United” Kingdom.