Views divide as May takes office as UK PM

Views of UK people are divided as Theresa May took office as UK's new prime minister on Wednesday. "I am very pleased that Theresa May has now taken over as the new prime minister. I think she has got a lot of experience. She would be very competent in the way that she conducts herself and it's a very important time for our country. We will provide the clear leadership that we need," said Steve Double, a member of the Parliament. "Well, clearly to get the best deal she can for the UK to leave the European Union, that's I think is the most important thing at the moment, but also just to continue the program of the manifesto that we were elected on to continue to create jobs, grow our economy, get our public spending under control, bring down that deficit, and also I believe the social justice agenda, the life chance agenda that David Cameron started, continue to address some of the real causes of poverty in our country," Double added. "To unite the country when there has been a lot of nervousness and a lot of unrest, to just bring everyone together, like Churchil did after the war, and said right, we have got to get behind the country now and make it work. That's our biggest challenge," said Gina, a London resident. "It is surprising the speed, but the person is not surprising, because she is very experienced. She has been the home secretary for a very long time. She is the longest serving home secretary, and she had to go to Europe to negotiate immigration. She had to go to the war to negotiate counter-terrorism. So she is very good with negotiation. What she needs to be able to do now, is to consolidate and transfer all these skills of negotiation into economy," said Chris Imafindon, a professor. However, protesters gathered near the parliament building, in front of the downtown square and outside the 10 Downing Street. Some disabled people arrived to protest against the Conservative Party's austerity policies that has greatly reduced their social welfare. People worry that May lacks working experience in economic sectors and therefore it will be hard for the UK economy to recover under the context of Brexit. The UK's second female prime minister has appointed officials for her new cabinet to reunite the Conservative Party after the EU referendum, in which she backed a Remain vote. The first meeting of the new cabinet will convene next Tuesday. As for the highly concerned issue of Brexit, May said to the European leaders that "some time" would be needed to prepare for the EU exit talks. More on: http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20160714... Subscribe us on Youtube:    / cctvplus   CCTV+ official website: http://www.cctvplus.com/ LinkedIn:   / cctv-news-content   Facebook:   / newscontent.cctvplus   Twitter:   / cctv_plus