UK Defence Minister Says Former UK Prime Minister Theresa May Would Make An "Excellent" NATO Secretary General

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Daily Express: Theresa May back in the spotlight! Former PM should be NATO chief, says MP 

THERESA MAY would make an "excellent" NATO secretary general, according to Ben Wallace, the UK defence minister. 

The current secretary general, former Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg, leaves the post in 2022. 

Talks are already underway within the alliance to decide his successor, with a number of British candidates being suggested. Along with Mrs May, there is speculation around Lord Hague, the former Tory foreign secretary, and Lord Sedwill, who previously worked as cabinet secretary. 

Speaking to Italian magazine Formiche about the subject, Mr Wallace said: “Theresa May was a fantastic prime minister in a very difficult time. 

“I worked for her as security minister. She would be one of the excellent candidates.” 

However, Mr Wallace insisted the Government has not yet decided who to back for the post.  

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WNU Editor: Are you f_____ kidding me?!?!?!? 

Here is an easy prediction. The current Prime Minister knows she is no ally .... Theresa May hits out at Johnson over ‘incomprehensible’ Covid travel rules (The Independent). He will torpedo any effort to get her this NATO post.

Theresa May Quits As Leader Of The Conservative Party: UK Set For New PM By End Of July

CNBC: Theresa May officially steps down as Conservative leader but her Brexit plan stays

* Theresa May officially resigned as Conservative Party leader on Friday.
* May will stay on as an interim prime minister until her successor is chosen in the coming weeks.
* Her deal to leave the EU, which has failed to win U.K. parliamentary support, remains the only plan agreed with Brussels.

Theresa May resigned as Conservative Party leader on Friday, marking an end to a tumultuous three years at the head of U.K. politics. She will remain in her prime ministerial post only until a replacement is elected and the failure to deliver Brexit is already being scripted as her legacy.

Members of Parliament (MPs) voted down her proposed “withdrawal agreement” for a third time at the end of March, but May’s departure may not necessarily mean that her blueprint for pulling the U.K. out of Europe will be completely discarded.

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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May To Resign As Tory Leader On June 7

Daily Mail: 'It's been the honour of my life to serve the country I love': Theresa May breaks down as she announces she will stand down on June 7 in emotional last speech and pleads for politicians to find Brexit compromise that eluded her

* PM spent the night at home in Berkshire with her husband Philip before returning to Downing Street today
* Theresa May announce plans to step aside as Tory leader on June 7 and leave No10 over the summer
* Mrs May began the day with a meeting with the Tories' backbench 1922 shop steward Sir Graham Brady
* She then address the nation from Downing Street to explain why she has decided to leave 'the job I love'

Tearful Theresa May finally bowed to the inevitable and called time on her troubled premiership today - after a massive Tory mutiny over her Brexit plans.

Watched by husband Philip, the Prime Minister was overcome by emotion on the steps of Downing Street as she admitted her desperate struggle to get the UK out of the EU will end in failure.

'I've done my best,' she said. 'I have done everything I can to convince MPs to back that deal ... sadly I have not been able to do so.

'It is and will always remain a matter of deep regret to me that I have not been able to deliver Brexit.'

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WNU Editor: She had one job, and that was to fulfill the mandate that the British people voted for in fulfilling Brexit. But because she was personally against it, she did not have the will to push forward and accomplish. For that failure in leadership, the Conservative Party has been severely damaged, and for soon to be former Prime Minister of the U.K. Theresa May a person who will not be viewed kindly by future historians. The new Tory leader will be chosen in July .... Conservative Party: New PM to be in post by end of July (BBC).

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U.K. Prime Minister May To Announce That She Will Step Down As Prime Minister Next Month

Daily Mail: Theresa May will address the nation TODAY after disastrous Euro election to pledge Britain will have a new PM by summer – but she wants to DELAY Tory leadership vote for Trump’s state visit

* Allies said – barring a last-minute change of heart – Mrs May will announce plans this morning to step aside
* Mrs May will begin the day with a meeting with the Tories' backbench 1922 shop steward Sir Graham Brady
* She is then expected to address the nation from Downing Street to explain why she is leaving 'the job I love'

Theresa May will today clear the way for Britain to have a new prime minister by the summer.

Allies said that – barring a last-minute change of heart – she will announce plans this morning to step aside as Conservative Party leader next month.

Mrs May will begin the day with a meeting with the Tories' backbench shop steward Sir Graham Brady to discuss the exact timetable for her departure.

She is then expected to address the nation from Downing Street to explain why she is leaving 'the job I love' before she has realised her ambition of leading Britain out of the European Union.

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WNU Editor: I will have to see it to believe it.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May Agrees To Set Her Departure Date As PM After The Next Brexit Vote

BBC: Theresa May agrees to set timetable to choose successor

Theresa May has promised to set a timetable for the election of her successor after the next Brexit vote in the first week of June.

The agreement follows a meeting between the prime minister and senior Tory MPs who are demanding a date for her departure from Downing Street.

If she loses the vote on her Brexit plan, already rejected three times, sources told the BBC she would resign.

Meanwhile, Boris Johnson has said he will run for leader once Mrs May goes.

The prime minister survived a confidence vote by Conservative MPs at the end of last year and party rules mean she cannot formally be challenged again until December.

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WNU Editor: The latest polls indicating that the Conservative Party would be annihilated in the next election is what probably prompted the Party leadership to tell Prime Minister May that it is now time to leave. But I still have to see it to believe it. As for the next Brexit vote, it will be defeated again.

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Theresa May Is Now Officially The New UK Prime Minister

Britain's Queen Elizabeth welcomes Theresa May at the start of an audience in Buckingham Palace, where she invited her to become Prime Minister, in London July 13, 2016. © Dominic Lipinski / Reuters

Daily Mail: BREAKING NEWS: Theresa May is now the new Prime Minister as she enters Downing Street and promises to 'build a better Britain'

* Theresa May has been officially sworn in as Britain's new Prime Minister this evening
* She is our second female premier, following in the footsteps of fellow Tory Margaret Thatcher
* Mrs May is expected to announce the most senior appointments to her Cabinet tonight and other jobs later in the week
* Making his final speech in Downing Street earlier David Cameron said he left the country 'stronger'
* Cameron praised Mrs May as the right person to give 'strong leadership' to take us out of the EU
* Jeremy Hunt compares her to German Chancellor Angela Merkel as Tory MPs jostle for position

Theresa May has pledged to battle 'social injustice' and create a 'country that works for everyone' after being officially been installed as the new Prime Minister.

Mrs May was invited to form a government by the monarch at Buckingham Palace after David Cameron officially tendered his resignation.

She becomes Britain's second female premier, following in the footsteps of fellow Tory Margaret Thatcher.

Addressing the nation from Downing Street, the new PM praised David Cameron as a 'great modern Prime Minister'. She said his 'real legacy' was improving equality rather than fixing the economy.

In an appeal to those families struggling, Mrs May said: 'We will listen not to the mighty, but you.'

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Theresa May Will Be The Next Prime Minister Of Britain

Daily Mail: Andrea Leadsom WITHDRAWS from the Tory leadership race in the wake of motherhood row - handing the keys to Downing Street to her rival Theresa May

* Theresa May is set to be made PM within days after Leadsom quit the race
* Leadsom revealed she felt she did not have enough support to continue
* Called for a rapid conclusion to the contest to end business uncertainty
* Tory Party board will meet today to formally confirm May as party leader
* Leadsom had been under fire for appearing to suggest being a mum gave her an advantage as PM. She apologised to May today
* Labour and the Liberal Democrats both call for a snap General Election

Andrea Leadsom today sensationally quit the race to be Tory leader and handed Downing Street to Theresa May.

The Home Secretary could be summoned to Buckingham Palace within hours to be appointed as Prime Minister. Mrs May is expected to enter No 10 within days even if she does not see the Queen today.

Mrs Leadsom's withdrawal from the race comes days after she triggered a massive row over whether being a mother gave her an advantage as a possible PM.

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