Tony Blair chose a Labour club in north-east England to announce his departure while David Cameron said he had to go after Brexit poll.
“As such I think the country requires fresh leadership to take it in this direction.” After coming under weeks of pressure, Thatcher informed the cabinet at 9am that she would step down as soon as the party elected a new leader. “This country is a blessed country. But he concluded: “Hand on heart, I did what I thought was right. The world knows it, we know it, this is the greatest country on earth.” But I did what I thought was right for our country.
Theresa May has been filmed busting some moves to Craig David at Henley Festival on the day that Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned.
The winner of a six-week leadership contest was later announced, at which point Johnson became her successor. The PM appointed Pincher to the position of Deputy Chief Whip in 2018, a decision that he has since apologised for. Johnson was facing mounting pressure this month to resign over his handling of the Chris Pincher scandal in which he mislead people about his prior knowledge of the MP’s alleged sexual misconduct.
Theresa May was seen dancing to Craig David at Henley music festival following Boris Johnson's resignation from office on Thursday.
While she has been the MP for Maidenhead in Berkshire since 1997, there is speculation that she might return to her role as PM following Johnson’s exit – and technically, she could. Mrs May was Prime Minister from July 2016 until July 2019, when she too remained on as caretaker PM after her resignation from Number 10 before the winner of the six-week leadership contest was announced, at which point Johnson became her successor. As the rest of the audience jumped and waved their arms in the air, the politician showed off some rather intriguing dance moves, bopping her head from side to side while shrugging her shoulders up and down and flapping her arms.
The former Prime Minister appeared to be enjoying herself during the popstar's headline show.
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Ms May appeared in high spirits following the formal resignation of the Prime Minister as she was seen displaying her signature dance moves during an evening at ...
Former Prime Minister Theresa May was captured dancing the night away just hours after Boris Johnson was forced to step down from his leadership role. As the situation continues to unfold, some political analysts have suggested Ms May could make a return to her former position as she would be well-equipped to act as a caretaker Prime Minister over the impending interim period. As resignations continued to flood the Conservative party, Ms May delivered a scathing speech in which she urged the Prime Minister to "play by the rules" as she referenced law-breaking behaviour in Number Ten. Ms May appeared in high spirits following the formal resignation of the Prime Minister as she was seen displaying her signature dance moves during an evening at Henley Festival alongside her husband, Philip May.
The former Prime Minister appeared to be enjoying herself as she watched headliner Craig David at Henley Festival.
Earlier in the day, speaking about what she wanted to see from the new Prime Minister, May said: “I would want see somebody who wants to concentrate on healing division, who wants to unite the country and unite the party." The former Prime Minister was enjoying headliner Craig David's set last night as she showed off her signature moves. Theresa May has been filmed dancing at Henley Festival just hours after Boris Johnson announced his resignation.
Theresa May showed off some of her signature dance moves as she bopped along to Craig David singing his hit song Nothing Like This at the Henley Festival in ...
That can help as part of the restoration of politics.' 'The key thing a new PM needs to do is to seek to heal division,' she said. 'I fear that what has happened in recent years overall is that we have seen people becoming increasingly polarised. 'In cricket, it's not enough to avoid breaking the rules,' she said. 'What a week in which to hold this lecture!' she said. She also wore a pair of black court stilettos.