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Theresa May was selected as leader of the Conservative Party in Britain following the withdrawal of her only rival, Andrea Leadsom on Monday. Addressing fellow Tory MPs outside the Houses of Parliament in her first speech as leader she reaffirmed her stance on Britain’s withdrawal from Europe saying "Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it."
Theresa May was selected as leader of the Conservative Party in Britain following the withdrawal of her only rival, Andrea Leadsom on Monday. Addressing fellow Tory MPs outside the Houses of Parliament in her first speech as leader she reaffirmed her stance on Britain’s withdrawal from Europe saying "Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it."
Leaders from the Party of European Socialists, including head of the British Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn and President of PES Sergei Stanishev, gathered in Paris' Bourse Palace, Thursday, for talks on how to move forward after the UK's vote to leave the EU.
Nigel Farage, leader of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) Nigel Farage resigned from his position in London, Monday. He added that a new UKIP leader will be put in place by the party’s autumn conference. As one of the central politicians to lead the Leave campaign in the UK EU referendum, Farage is considered to have been instrumental in using the topic of immigration to push UK voters to withdraw from the union.
Leader of the British Labour party Jeremy Corbyn says 'the unelected Prime minister' Boris Johnson 'should resign' during a speech at his party conference in Brighton. SOUNDBITE
British MPs will be able to vote on whether or not to hold a second Brexit referendum -- but only if they approve draft legislation to implement the divorce agreement with the EU, says Prime Minister Theresa May. SOUNDBITE