Theresa May has won the battle to be Britain's prime minister but will face a much tougher struggle once in power -- overseeing her country's divorce from the European Union. She has also been described by a Conservative Party grandee, Ken Clarke, as a "bloody difficult woman". May, whose only remaining rival quit the race to replace Cameron on Monday, will be Britain's first woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher, who governed from 1979 until 1990. The country voted to leave the European Union and as Prime Minister, I will make sure that we leave the European Union," she said during a speech on Monday. May has made clear she will respect the will of the British people, expressed in the referendum last month.

Source: dna July 12, 2016 07:58 UTC