Political career
In 1986-1994 she was a member of the local council of the London borough of Merton. She participated in the 1992 parliamentary elections in the North West Durham constituency and in the 1994 snap elections in the Barking constituency, but was not successful.
In the House of Commons, May voted for the invasion of Iraq, against the adoption of laws to combat climate change, against further integration of Great Britain into the European Union, against a ban on smoking in public places, against allowing gay couples to adopt children.
Conservative Party leadership election
During the 2016 campaign before the referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union, she supported Prime Minister David Cameron and was opposed to Brexit. But after the referendum, which was won by Eurosceptics and Prime Minister David Cameron’s announcement of his upcoming resignation, she nominated herself for the post of head of the Conservative Party and, therefore, Prime Minister of Great Britain.
On July 5, 2016, in the first round of elections by Conservative parliamentarians for the leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May immediately became the favorite in the race, gaining 165 votes. And on July 7, two women became finalists in the race for the post of leader of the British Conservatives and Prime Minister of the country - Theresa May, who received the support of 199 parliamentarians, and Deputy Minister of Energy Andrea Leadsom, who received 84 votes, after which Theresa was considered the most likely contender for the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain.
On 11 July 2016, Leadsom ended her campaign, leaving May as the sole candidate. Soon she was declared the leader of the party. David Cameron has announced that he will hand over the powers of Prime Minister to Theresa on July 13th. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain accepted his resignation and gave an audience to Theresa May, at which she invited her to form a new government. Theresa May gave her consent and thus became the second woman in British history to hold the post of Prime Minister (after Margaret Thatcher).
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Natasha was going to the first big ball in her life. That day she got up at 8 o'clock in the morning and was in feverish anxiety and activity all day. All her strength, from the very morning, was aimed at ensuring that they all: she, mother, Sonya were dressed in the best possible way. Sonya and the Countess trusted her completely. The countess was supposed to be wearing a masaka velvet dress, the two of them were wearing white smoky dresses on pink, silk covers with roses in the bodice. The hair had to be combed a la grecque [in Greek].Everything essential had already been done: the legs, arms, neck, ears were already especially carefully, like a ballroom, washed, perfumed and powdered; they were already wearing silk, fishnet stockings and white satin shoes with bows; the hairstyles were almost finished. Sonya finished dressing, and so did the Countess; but Natasha, who was working for everyone, fell behind. She was still sitting in front of the mirror with a peignoir draped over her slender shoulders. Sonya, already dressed, stood in the middle of the room and, pressing painfully with her small finger, pinned the last ribbon that squealed under the pin.
“Not like that, not like that, Sonya,” said Natasha, turning her head away from her hair and grabbing the hair with her hands, which the maid who was holding it did not have time to let go. - Not like that, come here. – Sonya sat down. Natasha cut the tape differently.
“Excuse me, young lady, you can’t do this,” said the maid holding Natasha’s hair.
- Oh, my God, well, later! That's it, Sonya.
-Are you coming soon? – the countess’s voice was heard, “it’s already ten.”
- Now. -Are you ready, mom?
- Just pin the current.
“Don’t do it without me,” Natasha shouted, “you won’t be able to!”
- Yes, ten.
It was decided to be at the ball at half past ten, and Natasha still had to get dressed and stop by the Tauride Garden.
Having finished her hair, Natasha, in a short skirt, from which her ballroom shoes were visible, and in her mother’s blouse, ran up to Sonya, examined her and then ran to her mother. Turning her head, she pinned the current, and barely had time to kiss her White hair, again ran to the girls who were hemming her skirt.
The issue was Natasha's skirt, which was too long; Two girls were hemming it, hastily biting the threads. The third, with pins in her lips and teeth, ran from the Countess to Sonya; the fourth held her entire smoky dress on her raised hand.
- Mavrusha, rather, my dear!
- Give me a thimble from there, young lady.
- Soon, finally? - said the count, entering from behind the door. - Here's some perfume for you. Peronskaya is already tired of waiting.
“It’s ready, young lady,” said the maid, lifting the hemmed smoky dress with two fingers and blowing and shaking something, expressing with this gesture an awareness of the airiness and purity of what she was holding.
Natasha began to put on her dress.
“Now, now, don’t go, dad,” she shouted to her father, who opened the door, still from under the haze of her skirt, which covered her entire face. Sonya slammed the door. A minute later the count was let in. He was in a blue tailcoat, stockings and shoes, perfumed and oiled.
- Oh, dad, you are so good, dear! – Natasha said, standing in the middle of the room and straightening the folds of the haze.
“Excuse me, young lady, allow me,” said the girl, standing on her knees, pulling off her dress and turning the pins from one side of her mouth to the other with her tongue.
- Your will! - Sonya cried out with despair in her voice, looking at Natasha’s dress, - your will, it’s long again!
Natasha moved away to look around in the dressing table. The dress was long.
“By God, madam, nothing is long,” said Mavrusha, crawling on the floor behind the young lady.
“Well, it’s long, so we’ll sweep it up, we’ll sweep it up in a minute,” said the determined Dunyasha, taking out a needle from the handkerchief on her chest and getting back to work on the floor.
At this time, the countess entered shyly, with quiet steps, in her current and velvet dress.
- Ooh! my beauty! - the count shouted, - better than all of you!... - He wanted to hug her, but she pulled away, blushing, so as not to crumple.
“Mom, more on the side of the current,” Natasha said. “I’ll cut it,” and she rushed forward, and the girls who were hemming, did not have time to rush after her, tore off a piece of smoke.
- My God! What is this? It's not my fault...
“I’ll sweep it all away, it won’t be visible,” Dunyasha said.
- Beauty, it’s mine! - said the nanny who came in from behind the door. - And Sonyushka, what a beauty!...
At a quarter past ten they finally got into the carriages and drove off. But we still had to stop by the Tauride Garden.
Peronskaya was already ready. Despite her old age and ugliness, she did exactly the same thing as the Rostovs, although not with such haste (this was a common thing for her), but her old, ugly body was also perfumed, washed, powdered, and the ears were also carefully washed , and even, and just like the Rostovs, the old maid enthusiastically admired her mistress’s outfit when she came out into the living room in a yellow dress with a code. Peronskaya praised the Rostovs' toilets.
The Rostovs praised her taste and dress, and, taking care of her hair and dresses, at eleven o'clock they settled into their carriages and drove off.
Since the morning of that day, Natasha had not had a minute of freedom, and not once had time to think about what lay ahead of her.
In the damp, cold air, in the cramped and incomplete darkness of the swaying carriage, for the first time she vividly imagined what awaited her there, at the ball, in the illuminated halls - music, flowers, dancing, the sovereign, all the brilliant youth of St. Petersburg. What awaited her was so beautiful that she did not even believe that it would happen: it was so incongruous with the impression of cold, cramped space and darkness of the carriage. She understood everything that awaited her only when, having walked along the red cloth of the entrance, she entered the entryway, took off her fur coat and walked next to Sonya in front of her mother between the flowers along the illuminated stairs. Only then did she remember how she had to behave at the ball and tried to adopt the majestic manner that she considered necessary for a girl at the ball. But fortunately for her, she felt that her eyes were running wild: she could not see anything clearly, her pulse beat a hundred times a minute, and the blood began to pound at her heart. She could not accept the manner that would make her funny, and she walked, frozen with excitement and trying with all her might to hide it. And this was the very manner that suited her most of all. In front and behind them, talking just as quietly and also in ball gowns, guests entered. The mirrors on the stairs reflected ladies in white, blue, pink dresses, with diamonds and pearls on open hands and necks.
Natasha looked in the mirrors and in the reflection could not distinguish herself from others. Everything was mixed into one brilliant procession. Upon entering the first hall, the uniform roar of voices, footsteps, and greetings deafened Natasha; the light and shine blinded her even more. The owner and hostess, who had already been standing for half an hour front door and those who said the same words to those entering: “charme de vous voir,” [in admiration that I see you] greeted the Rostovs and Peronskaya in the same way.
Two girls in white dresses, with identical roses in their black hair, sat down in the same way, but the hostess involuntarily fixed her gaze longer on thin Natasha. She looked at her and smiled especially at her, in addition to her masterful smile. Looking at her, the hostess remembered, perhaps, her golden, irrevocable girlhood time, and her first ball. The owner also followed Natasha with his eyes and asked the count who was his daughter?
- Charmante! [Charming!] - he said, kissing the tips of his fingers.
Guests stood in the hall, crowding at the front door, waiting for the sovereign. The Countess placed herself in the front row of this crowd. Natasha heard and felt that several voices asked about her and looked at her. She realized that those who paid attention to her liked her, and this observation calmed her somewhat.
“There are people just like us, and there are people worse than us,” she thought.
Peronskaya named the countess the most significant people who were at the ball.
“This is the Dutch envoy, you see, gray-haired,” said Peronskaya, pointing to an old man with silver gray curly, abundant hair, surrounded by ladies, whom he made laugh for some reason.
“And here she is, the queen of St. Petersburg, Countess Bezukhaya,” she said, pointing to Helen as she entered.
- How good! Will not yield to Marya Antonovna; Look how both young and old flock to her. She is both good and smart... They say the prince... is crazy about her. But these two, although not good, are even more surrounded.
She pointed to a lady passing through the hall with a very ugly daughter.
“This is a millionaire bride,” said Peronskaya. - And here are the grooms.
“This is Bezukhova’s brother, Anatol Kuragin,” she said, pointing to the handsome cavalry guard who walked past them, looking somewhere from the height of his raised head across the ladies. - How good! is not it? They say they will marry him to this rich woman. And your sauce, Drubetskoy, is also very confusing. They say millions. “Why, it’s the French envoy himself,” she answered about Caulaincourt when the countess asked who it was. - Look like some kind of king. But still, the French are nice, very nice. No miles for society. And here she is! No, our Marya Antonovna is the best! And how simply dressed. Lovely! “And this fat one, with glasses, is a world-class pharmacist,” said Peronskaya, pointing to Bezukhov. “Put him next to your wife: he’s a fool!”
59-year-old Theresa May became Prime Minister of Great Britain. How is the biography and personal life of Theresa May, who has already been dubbed the “new Iron Lady”?
"Iron Lady 2" Theresa May is often compared to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Both are involved in politics and have no children.
Theresa May, like Angela Merkel, was born into a theologian family.
And while Merkel's father studied theology and was for some time a Lutheran pastor, May's father was a Protestant minister and served as vicar at Wheatley Church near Oxford.
Theresa May herself is also an obedient parishioner and attends church every Sunday. At the same time, she supports gender equality and is a supporter of same-sex marriage.
As Home Secretary, Theresa May gained widespread popularity by calling for tolerance and championing women's rights.
By the way, May had a fundamentally different approach towards Russia: she preferred not to aggravate already difficult political relations.
Personal life of Theresa May
Theresa May got married in 1980. Their marriage to Philip John May will mark 36 years this September.
Theresa May's husband is an investment banker and is now an employee of the American trust company Capital Group Companies.
Theresa May and her husband have no children. Theresa May does not hide that the reason for her childlessness is her health, and she very much regrets that she was never able to know the joy of motherhood.
In addition to the fact that Theresa May cannot have children, four years ago she learned of another problem.
In 2012, she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. Therefore, she constantly needs to take insulin and be under medical supervision.
Biography of Theresa May
She is a British politician, Home Secretary (2010-2016) and Minister for Women and Equalities (2010-2012), Member of the House of Commons (1997-present), and member of the Conservative Party. Leader of the Conservative Party since 11 July and 76th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 13 July 2016.
She graduated from Oxford University with a BA in Geography. Worked at the Bank of England.
From 1986 to 1994 she was a local councilor for the London Borough of Merton. She contested the 1992 parliamentary elections for North West Durham and the 1994 snap elections for Barking, but was unsuccessful.
In the 1997 elections, she was elected for the first time as a member of the House of Commons of the British Parliament from the newly formed constituency Maidenhead in Berkshire and has since been re-elected.
From 1997 to 2002 she held various minor positions in the shadow Conservative government. In 2002, she became the first female chairman of the Conservative Party and, unlike the party leader, dealt with technical issues of ensuring the functioning of the Conservatives.
In 2003-2005 she was shadow minister for transport and, at the same time, shadow minister for food and environment.
From May to December 2005 she was Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. On 6 December 2005 she was appointed shadow leader of the House of Commons. In 2009-2010 she served as shadow minister for work and pensions.
After the 2010 elections, she was appointed Home Secretary, while also receiving the portfolio of Minister for Women and Equality.
In this position, she campaigned for equal rights for same-sex couples, becoming one of the first senior UK politicians to publicly express her support for legalizing same-sex marriage.
The post of Work and Pensions Secretary, which she could count on because of her last position in the shadow government, was given to Iain Duncan Smith.
During the 2016 campaign before the referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union, she supported Prime Minister David Cameron and was opposed to Brexit.
But after a referendum in which Eurosceptics won and Prime Minister David Cameron announced his upcoming resignation, she nominated herself for the post of head of the Conservative Party and, therefore, Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Name: Theresa Mary May Date of Birth: October 1, 1956. Place of birth: Eastbourne, UK.
Conservative from birth
Teresa Mary Brasier was the only child in the family. She was born in Sussex, but spent most of her childhood in Oxfordshire. Theresa's father, Hubert, was a country vicar whose last position was at St Mary's Church in Witley in the east of the county.
Teresa's mother, Zadie Mary, bore the surname Barnes as a girl. It is known about her that she was an ardent supporter of the Conservative Party. Her daughter’s life will also be connected with the Tories (as members of the party have been unofficially called for centuries).
As Teresa later recalled, thanks to the upbringing she received in her family, she learned to restrain her emotions. And the girl always knew that the interests and needs of the parishioners came first for her father.
She was raised to respect conservative values. To this day, Teresa Mary is an exemplary parishioner of the Anglican Church and attends all Sunday services. She once said that faith is a part of herself, of who she is.
Specialty – geography
Teresa Brazier studied first in a public school and then in a private school. The education she received allowed her to enter Oxford. She received a BA in Geography from St Hugo's College in 1977.
Career
After graduating from university, Teresa Brazier got a job at the Bank of England. She stayed there until 1983. In the City, she made a fairly successful career, eventually heading the European department of the Association of Interbank Settlement Systems.
From 1985 to 1997, Teresa, now using her husband's surname, May, served as a financial advisor and senior advisor for international affairs at the Payment Clearing Association.
I wanted to be the first
Already as a student, Teresa thought about a political career. Ideally, she would have been Britain's first female prime minister. However, she failed to achieve her goal. While Theresa was building a career at the Bank of England, Margaret Thatcher was ahead of her. The girl was extremely upset.
Theresa May began her path in politics with municipal level. In 1986 she was elected as a member of Merton Borough Council in south London. Teresa worked there for ten years, eventually taking the position of deputy chairman. But she wanted to prove herself at the national level.
The first elections were not successful. Theresa May lost the parliamentary elections in the constituency of North West Durham in 1992 and the long-term in the constituency of Barking in 1994. It was not about her herself - the Conservative Party at that time was extremely unpopular.
In 1997, Theresa May managed to become a member of the House of Commons from the newly created constituency of Maidenhead in Berkshire. Voters cast more than 25 thousand votes for her - that's 49.8 percent of those who voted.
In the shadow
Since 1997, Theresa May has received positions in the shadow Conservative government. It sounds like something out of a conspiracy theory, but this very official British institution has nothing to do with it. The Official Opposition Shadow Cabinet is formed from members of the main opposition party in parliament. Its members receive bonuses to their parliamentary salaries and must monitor the work of the ministers of the current cabinet.
At first, Theresa May held minor positions in the shadow government. However, her authority gradually grew. Even then, her toughness and inflexibility were noted. She did not try to please anyone - neither the public nor her party comrades.
"People call us the evil party," Theresa May told party members in 2002. This did not stop her from becoming the first woman chairman of the party, but this post was purely technical; she was responsible for ensuring the functioning of the Tories.
May voted for the invasion of Iraq, did not support further integration into the European Union and the idea of banning smoking in public places and fox hunting, and also opposed same-sex couples being able to adopt children. At the same time, she was one of the first British politicians to support the introduction of same-sex marriage.
In 2003, she took a seat “behind the chairs” of the ministers of transport and food and environment. In 2005, she was shadow minister for culture, media and sport for six months, and on December 6 of the same year she became shadow leader of the House of Commons. In 2009 - a new appointment. Theresa May became shadow secretary for work and pensions.
Firing position
After the Conservative and Liberal Democratic parties finally formed in 2010 coalition government, Theresa May expected to take the chair of the Minister of Work and Pensions officially. But instead, she was appointed to a department that was considered a kind of graveyard for the ambitions of many ministers. In Russia, such positions are called briefly and harshly - execution positions.
May firmly decided that this position would not be a hindrance to her, studied the most microscopic details and did not hesitate to enter into conflict with other ministers if the case required it.
In the end, it turned out that Theresa May, at the suggestion of her colleagues, found a great place to apply her strength and abilities. A tough and difficult character played a rather positive role here. She was supported by her deputies and voters, although sometimes her statements were very impartial.
Authorized water cannons and curfew
In 2011, Theresa May found herself in the spotlight of the general public. Protests broke out in London after police shot and killed 29-year-old Mark Duggan, who was not carrying a weapon at the time, during his arrest. As a result, riots broke out in the capital and other cities, killing several people. There were pogroms in London for three nights in a row.
Teresa reacted extremely harshly. At her suggestion, the British Parliament approved bills that allowed the use of the army and water cannons against demonstrators,, if necessary, closing access to social networks and introducing a curfew. And two bloggers who published calls for pogroms were jailed for four years, although the investigation was unable to establish whether they themselves participated in the riots.
Human rights activists predicted the end of Theresa May’s career, but this did not happen. It failed to reduce the number of migrants to 100,000 a year, as the government promised before the elections, but the radical preacher Abu Qatada, who successfully fended off attempts to deport him from Britain in court for almost a decade, was finally deported to Jordan. And most importantly, since 2010 there has not been a single major terrorist attack in the UK.
At May’s instigation, the UK adopted the Investigative Powers Act, which was nicknamed the “Bhound Law.” Intelligence agencies have the right to collect personal data en masse, hack phones and computers when it comes to fighting terrorism, and providers now collect lists of sites that users visit and store this data for a year. The police receive information when necessary.
Star Brexit
Theresa May's finest hour as a politician came in 2016. The referendum, in which a majority vote of citizens decided to withdraw Great Britain from the European Union, split both society and the Conservative Party.
By that time, the Tories were at the peak of their popularity, which allowed them to form a one-party government. And British Prime Minister David Cameron decided to put an end to the question of whether Great Britain should remain part of the European Union.
This burning topic has worried minds throughout the country's stay in the EU. The position of Great Britain could be called privileged - in particular, the national currency has been preserved there and Schengen does not apply. But the always suspicious and slightly contemptuous attitude towards the “continent” and a sense of national pride every now and then forced the British to think about whether they needed the European Union at all?
The referendum was scheduled for June 23, 2016. Cameron was so confident that there would be no global consequences that he ordered a halt to the preliminary assessment the outcome of the UK's possible exit from the EU. He was going to use the vote as a lever of pressure on the European Union.
Political scientists later called the referendum a mistake. The majority of participants voted to leave the EU. This was the end political career Cameron and a new stage in the history of the country.
David Cameron has resigned. Theresa May has proposed her candidacy for the post of Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. And she received the support of the party. On July 13, Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain accepted Cameron's resignation and gave an audience to his successor, who became the second woman in the country's history to head the government.
On June 8, 2017, the Conservative Party won the parliamentary elections with a minimal margin. There are rumors that Theresa May will leave her post. However, this did not happen and the Tories formed a coalition government.
Introduced Bhutto to her husband
Teresa Brazier acquired the status married woman in 1980. She met her chosen one at a student disco of the Conservative Party, and they were introduced to Benazir Bhutto, who later became a world celebrity, served as President of Pakistan and died at the hands of a terrorist.
The lives of the people she introduced to each other, despite all the conflicts, are much less stormy. Philip John May ( PhilipJohnMay) born in 1957 and also studied at Oxford, receiving a degree in history. However, he made a career in management. Since 2016 he has been working for Capital International.
The couple have no children, which Teresa really regrets. My health condition prevented me from conceiving a child.
In 2012, the politician was diagnosed with diabetes. May needs daily diabetes injections, but says the disease does not interfere with her activities.
With Vogue to the ends of the earth
Theresa May stresses that she is not a show-off politician. “I don’t gossip at dinner or drink in bars. I’m just doing my job honestly,” she said.
She was compared to the headmistress of a private school, who is in the hall with overexcited students, keeping her distance from them.
But all this does not stop Theresa May from loving extravagant clothes and shoes. She has been repeatedly criticized for not being conservative enough. appearance, to which the politician did not pay any attention. And when asked what she would take with her to a desert island, May replied that all she would have to do was take with her a selection of Vogue magazine.
Britain's answer to Angela Merkel
Theresa May is increasingly being compared to Margaret Thatcher. They are really similar, primarily in their toughness and ability to make decisions in times of crisis.
Diligent and careful, the tigress can get anyone and never worries about whether they love her or not, that’s what May’s colleagues say about her.
Journalists sometimes call May Britain's answer to Angela Merkel. These two childless women, ruling two influential states, can really compare their characters. And May, apparently, is not averse to exerting the same or even greater influence on the politics of the EU and the whole world as her German counterpart.
May has always had a negative attitude towards Russia. After the poisoning of former GRU colonel and British intelligence agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Salisbury, May accused the Russian authorities of attempted murder. Moscow denies everything. But the British Prime Minister, who initiated the expulsion of Russian diplomats from the United Kingdom, calls on EU countries to follow her example. Russia poses a long-term threat national security of all EU countries, the British Prime Minister is convinced.
Theresa May did not support the idea of leaving the European Union. And now he calls on his European colleagues for solidarity, as if Brexit had never happened. However, it is not for nothing that Britain is sometimes compared to a cat, for whom it is important that the door is opened for him, but he will still think about whether to get out of it or not.
At the present time, “Iron Lady II” Theresa May is compared to German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Its influence on political and economic processes in Great Britain is undeniable. Having taken her place as the first figure of the executive power of Foggy Albion, T. May came under the close attention of the world community. Who is Theresa May? You can learn her biography, place in the UK government structure and her political views from this article.
Theresa May biography
Teresa was born on October 1, 1956. in Eastbourne, located in the south of Great Britain. The family of the current Prime Minister belonged to the “below middle” class. Her mother, Zadie Bracer, was a housewife, and her father, Huber Bracer, served as a vicar in the local Anglican Church.
May received her first education at a school operating at a local Catholic monastery. After completing her primary secondary education, Theresa moved to a comprehensive school in Wheatley.
At that time she willingly took part in public life- played roles in plays at the local church parish, and on weekends worked in a bakery to earn her first personal money.
College studies
Immediately after graduating from secondary school, Teresa went to get knowledge in the city of Oxford, where she entered the University of St. Hughes. There she met her future husband, Philip, who was then president of the Oxford Union.
If for many Teresa’s current high status is unexpected, then May herself has been working towards this all her life. Teresa's university friends recall that even then she had the idea of going into politics. However, Theresa May cannot be called a careerist or a bore. During her youth, she led an active life in secular society.
Start of a career path
Immediately after graduating from university, May began working at the Bank of England, where she took a position as a financial consultant. A little later, she headed an entire department dealing with interaction with European banks.
In 1980, Teresa married Philip. However, this time is more associated with tragic events. In 1981, T. May’s father dies in a car accident, and a couple of months later his mother dies, which became a difficult psychological test for the future Prime Minister.
Theresa May photo taken at Theresa's wedding on September 6, 1980
Despite her rapid career growth at the Central Bank of England, Teresa believed that her true calling was politics. Therefore, in 1986, she decided to become a deputy on the south London district council, where she was elected to the position. After working there for 6 years, Teresa gained enormous experience and felt the strength to continue her ascent to the political Olympus of Great Britain.
Already in 1992, May decided to run for the British Parliament. However, her first attempt failed. But being persistent enough, Teresa submitted her candidacy for the new elections, which took place 6 years later, and finally achieved her primary goal - she was elected to the House of Commons of the British Parliament.
From this moment on, Theresa May finally received a ticket to big politics in Great Britain, starting new stage in his dizzying career.
Beginnings in big politics
In 1999, Teresa took a position in the opposition body called the “shadow cabinet of ministers”, in other words, she took a position in the opposition government, receiving the chair of the “shadow” minister in the field of education. A few years later, Teresa became the leader of the Conservative Party, taking the place of its chairman.
Teresa's next appointment came in 2003, when she was appointed to the post of Minister of Transport ("shadow cabinet"). At the same time, she became a consultant to Her Highness from the opposition. A year later, May headed the “shadow ministry” in the field of media, sports and culture.
In 2005, David Cameron, who served as chairman of the Conservative Party, appointed May as “shadow” leader in the House of Commons.
May with her husband Philip
Coming out of the “shadow”
Real changes in career growth Theresa began to happen only in 2010, when she was re-elected to Parliament and at the same time appointed by David Cameron to the post of the real Minister of the Interior of Great Britain (that is, this time no longer a “shadow” government, but the one actually ruling the country).
Teresa held the post of head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for 6 years, which is a record period not only for Great Britain. During her entire tenure, May was never involved in a political scandal.
At the same time, T. May's former colleagues speak of her as an exceptionally honest, insightful and sober-minded politician. Never playing “to the public,” Teresa always keeps her word and follows her previously announced plan. In a life free from politics, she is an ardent feminist, defending women's rights in conservative and often unaccommodating secular Britain.
Nowadays
After supporters of a “united” Europe miserably failed the referendum, failing to keep Britain in the EU, David Cameron (former Prime Minister of Great Britain) resigned. He fought against Brexit, and his views on the future of Great Britain were shown to be in direct conflict with the views of the majority of the country.
And most importantly, despite all the forecasts that the position of Prime Minister of the U.K. should be taken by Boris Johnson, the first post in the executive branch was taken by T. May.
British Prime Minister Theresa May
She received the post of leader of the Cabinet of Ministers with the approval of the Queen of Great Britain on July 13, 2016 .
At the same time, T. May received the honor of becoming the second woman in the history of Foggy Albion who has achieved such dizzying heights in the country’s government. The first was the incomparable “Iron Lady” Margaret Thatcher
T. May and her “communist” program
Having spent most of her career in the opposition and being an opponent of the main political course of the previous government, Teresa was suited to the position of Prime Minister like no one else. After all, Brexit brought the opportunity to implement in the country everything that Teresa sought during her opposition activities.
Not much time has passed since Teresa took office. How it will show itself and what it will bring for Great Britain – we will see over time. Now we can only draw conclusions about what awaits Great Britain in the future, based on the political program voiced by T. May.
The new Prime Minister is going to build a new society in the country, the principles of which are justice and solidarity, or, as Teresa herself put it, she will create a “collective society.”
According to Teresa, the first thing that needs to be done for Great Britain is to overcome the division of the country, including reducing the difference between rich and poor.
Most often, ordinary citizens from the “working class” suffer from injustice in Britain. And there are an overwhelming majority of such people in the country. And all these people have to face and put up with the instability of the economy, the labor market and very low quality public services. According to Teresa, Britain has long been demanding global social reforms.
Theresa May at a reception with Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain
Do you agree that we have already heard these words somewhere?! T. May talks about state system which resembles communism. And this is happening in a country that has been a symbol of capitalism for hundreds of years!
For such revolutionary views, T. May causes “shivers” among the capitalist class who rule in this state. In a state that still maintains a monarchy, which naturally contradicts the ideas of building communism.
Today, many say that Teresa thus challenged the queen. After all, the current Prime Minister, with her communist views, has forgotten that she is going to destroy the foundations and principles thanks to which this state was created, including the principle of monarchy.
Theresa May became the second woman (after Margaret Thatcher) in British history to hold the post of Prime Minister.
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from July 13, 2016
Monarch: Elizabeth II
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Leader of the UK Conservative Party
from July 11, 2016
Predecessor: David Cameron
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UK Home Secretary
May 12, 2010 - July 13, 2016
Predecessor: Alan Johnson
Succeeded by: Amber Rudd
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UK Minister for Women and Equalities
May 12, 2010 - September 4, 2012
Predecessor: Harriet Garman
Succeeded by: Maria Miller
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Member of the House of Commons for Maidenhead
since May 1, 1997
Religion: Anglicanism
Birth: October 1, 1956 (age 59)
Eastbourne, East Sussex, England, UK
Birth name: English Theresa Mary Brasier
Father: Huber Bracer[d]
Mother: Zadie Mary Bracer[d]
Spouse: Philip May
Party: Conservative Party
Education: Whitley Park School[d] and St Hugh's College[d]
Website: tmay.co.uk
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Commons-logo.svg Theresa Mary May on Wikimedia Commons
Theresa Mary May[pr. 1] (English: Theresa Mary May, nee Brasier; born October 1, 1956, Eastbourne, East Sussex, UK) is a British politician, the current (since July 13, 2016) 76th Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. Leader of the Conservative Party since 11 July 2016. She served as Minister for Women and Equality (2010-2012) and Home Secretary (2010-2016). Member of the House of Commons (1997-present). The second woman in history (after Margaret Thatcher) to serve as head of the UK government.
Political career[edit | edit wiki text]
From 1986 to 1994 she was a local councilor for the London Borough of Merton. She contested the 1992 parliamentary elections for North West Durham and the 1994 snap elections for Barking, but was unsuccessful.
In the 1997 elections, she was first elected as a member of the British House of Commons from the newly created constituency of Maidenhead in Berkshire and has since been re-elected.
From 1997 to 2002 she held various minor positions in the shadow Conservative government. In 2002, she became the first female chairman of the Conservative Party and, unlike the party leader, dealt with technical issues of ensuring the functioning of the Conservatives.
In 2003-2005 she was shadow minister for transport and, at the same time, shadow minister for food and environment. From May to December 2005 she was Shadow Minister for Culture, Media and Sport. On 6 December 2005 she was appointed shadow leader of the House of Commons. In 2009-2010 she served as shadow minister for work and pensions.
After the 2010 elections, she was appointed Home Secretary, while also receiving the portfolio of Minister for Women and Equality. In this position, she campaigned for equal rights for same-sex couples, becoming one of the first senior UK politicians to publicly express her support for legalizing same-sex marriage. The post of Work and Pensions Secretary, which she could count on because of her last position in the shadow government, was given to Iain Duncan Smith.
In the House of Commons, May voted for the invasion of Iraq, against the adoption of laws to combat climate change, against further integration of Great Britain into the European Union, against a ban on smoking in public places, and against allowing gay couples to adopt children.
Election of the leader of the Conservative Party[edit | edit wiki text]
During the 2016 campaign before the referendum on Britain's exit from the European Union, she supported Prime Minister David Cameron and was opposed to Brexit. But after a referendum in which Eurosceptics won and Prime Minister David Cameron announced his upcoming resignation, she nominated herself for the post of head of the Conservative Party and, therefore, Prime Minister of Great Britain.
On July 5, 2016, in the first round of elections by Conservative parliamentarians for the leader of the Conservative Party, Theresa May immediately became the favorite in the race, gaining 165 votes. And on July 7, two women became finalists in the race for the post of leader of the British Conservatives and Prime Minister of the country - Theresa May, who received the support of 199 parliamentarians, and Deputy Minister of Energy Andrea Leadsom, who received 84 votes, after which Theresa was considered the most likely contender for the post of Prime Minister of Great Britain.