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Theresa May became Prime Minister and leader of the Conservative party when Andrea Leadsom withdrew her candidacy for election by party members. This came after a front-page report by the Times based on an interview with Mrs Leadsom in which she said: ‘I feel being a mum means you have a very real stake in the future of our country — a tangible stake. She [Mrs May] possibly has nieces, nephews, lots of people, but I have children, who are going to have children.’ Her remarks were criticised by some fellow Conservatives, which Mrs Leadsom found ‘shattering’. Mrs May said gnomically that ‘Brexit means Brexit’. David Cameron, who had been booed when he watched tennis in the royal box at Wimbledon, agreed to tender his resignation to the Queen after Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday. Larry the Downing Street cat decided to stay at No. 10.
Labour’s national executive ruled that Jeremy Corbyn did not need the backing of 20 per cent of Labour MPs and MEPs to stand for re-election as party leader against a challenge by Angela Eagle and Owen Smith.
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