May, who has been interior minister for six years and is seen by her supporters as a safe pair of hands to steer Britain through the disruptive process of leaving the EU, will become Britain’s second woman prime minister, after Margaret Thatcher.

Cameron, who led the campaign to remain in the 28-member bloc Britain had joined in 1973, announced the morning after the June 23 referendum that he would stand down, triggering a leadership contest in the ruling Conservative Party.

The contest had been due to last until September but ended unexpectedly on Monday when junior energy minister Andrea Leadsom, May’s last rival candidate after others were eliminated, abruptly pulled out.

After taking part in his last weekly session of Prime Minister’s Questions (PMQs) in Parliament’s House of Commons at lunchtime, Cameron will make his way to Buckingham Palace to tender his resignation to Queen Elizabeth.

May will then enter Number 10 Downing Street as prime minister before the end of the day.

She is thought to immediately start putting together a new cabinet, a complex political balancing act in which she will try and satisfy opposing camps in her party, which was bitterly split over the EU issue.

She is expected to promote women ministers to several senior roles, and Cameron’s long-serving finance minister George Osborne could lose his job, according to media reports.

source: Reuters

Decide whether the following statements are true or false.

1. May has been in the government for only a very short time.
2. May is not the first female prime minister in the UK. 
3. There was no competition for the position in the Conservative Party.
4. May will move in 10 Downing Street in a couple of weeks. 
5. Cameron, the former Prime Minister will give his resignation to the Queen. 

Answers: F, T, F, F, T 

Norway’s prime minister says the best place to find out what people are thinking is in a taxi. So Jens Stoltenberg disguised himself as a taxi driver one day and transported passengers around Oslo.

Footagefrom the prime-minister-as-taxi-driver scheme in June was posted Sunday on a daily newspaper‘s web site and the prime minister’s Facebook page.

The stunt, planned by an advertising agency as part of Stoltenberg’s re-election campaign, was taped with hidden cameras to catch Norwegians’ views on politics and their reactions when they realized their driver was their prime minister.

The hidden cameras also caught a confession from the prime minister – he has not driven a car in eight years. One passenger was not impressed with Stoltenberg’s driving skills, saying "this driving is not exactly the best I have seen."

Stoltenberg’s Labour party is trailing in the polls against the opposition Conservatives for the September election.

prime minister – miniszterelnök
to find out – megtudni valamit
to disguise oneself – álcázni magát
to transport passengers – utasokat szállítani
footage – filmfelvétel
scheme – cselszövés, terv
daily newspaper – napilap
to be planned by – valaki által kitervelve lenni
advertising agency – reklámügynökség
re-election campaign – újraválasztási kampány
to be taped – filmszalagra véve lenni
hidden camera – rejtett kamera
view on something – valamiről alkotott nézőpont/vélemény
confession – vallomás
to be impressed – lenyűgözve lenni
driving skills – vezetési képesség
exactly – pontosan
Labour party – munkáspárt
to trail – nyomon követ, vonul
poll – szavazás
opposition – ellenzék

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