The Huge Challenge Facing Theresa May

Compared to the laborious process of replacing an American President, the British system of transferring power is very rapid. On Wednesday afternoon, David Cameron, the Prime Minister for the past six years, was driven from Downing Street to Buckingham Palace, where he submitted his resignation to the Queen, a formality that goes back centuries. About an hour later, the metal gates that separate Downing Street from Whitehall were opened again, this time to admit the new Prime Minister, Theresa May, who had also been to the Palace, where she had formally accepted the job that, as the new leader of the ruling Conservative Party, she was constitutionally entitled to take up.

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