{"id":56522,"date":"2016-07-13T20:53:29","date_gmt":"2016-07-14T02:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=56522"},"modified":"2016-07-13T13:26:43","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T20:26:43","slug":"theresa-mays-first-speech-as-britains-new-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2016\/07\/13\/theresa-mays-first-speech-as-britains-new-prime-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Theresa May&#8217;s first speech as Britain&#8217;s new Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Theresa May has become British Prime Minister, succeeding David Cameron after a brief audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Speaking outside Number 10 Downing Street after taking office, she stressed her commitment to the union and issued a call to make Britain a country that works for everyone.\u201d<br \/>\nHer government will fight against burning injustice\u201d and will prioritize ordinary people over the interests of the wealthy, she said. One of May&#8217;s top challenges will be leading the country&#8217;s Brexit negotiations with the European Union.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Watch Theresa May&#039;s First Official Remarks as U.K. Prime Minister\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pos_xXIxdWw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"media-primary media-content\" data-component=\"main video\"><figcaption class=\"caption caption--main\" data-link-name=\"Video caption link\"><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"content__meta-container js-content-meta js-football-meta u-cf\n\n    \"><\/div>\n<div class=\"content__article-body from-content-api js-article__body\" data-test-id=\"article-review-body\">\n<p><a class=\"u-underline\" href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/politics\/theresamay\" data-link-name=\"auto-linked-tag\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Theresa May<\/a> promised to fight burning injustice\u201d in British society, govern for the poor and marginalised, and create a union between all of our citizens\u201d in her first remarks as the UK\u2019s prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Standing outside No 10 Downing Street after visiting the Queen in Buckingham Palace to kiss hands\u201d and be formally anointed as Britain\u2019s second female prime minister, May made a bold grab for the political centre ground.<\/p>\n<p>The former home secretary looked directly into the waiting television cameras, and said she would make decisions based on the interests of struggling families, not the rich.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"element element-rich-link element--thumbnail element-rich-link--upgraded\" data-component=\"rich-link\" data-link-name=\"rich-link-2 | 1\">\n<div class=\"rich-link tone-live--item \"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>If you\u2019re one of those families, if you\u2019re just managing, I want to address you directly. I know you\u2019re working around the clock. I know you\u2019re doing your best. I know that sometimes life can be a struggle.<\/p>\n<p>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,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>When we take the big calls, we\u2019ll think not of the powerful, but you. When we pass new laws we\u2019ll listen not to the mighty, but to you. When it comes to taxes we\u2019ll prioritise not the wealthy but you.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to opportunity we won\u2019t 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>May said she would follow in David Cameron\u2019s footsteps as a one nation\u201d prime minister, but her emphasis on social injustice suggested a shift of tone.<\/p>\n<p>She also stressed that the full name of the Conservative party was the Conservative and Unionist party, and she would safeguard the union between England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland \u2014 as Scotland threatens to break away after the vote to leave the EU.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Theresa May has become British Prime Minister, succeeding David Cameron after a brief audience with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Speaking outside Number 10 Downing Street after taking office, she stressed her commitment to the union and issued a call to make Britain a country that works for everyone.\u201d Her government will fight against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56522","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56522","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56522"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56522\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56522"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56522"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56522"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}