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Her beloved father， an Anglican vicar， died in a car crash when she was 25， after she had been married only a year， and her mother， who had multiple sclerosis，1 died a few months later. For Theresa May， a cherished only child， the shock was devastating2.
It brought her even closer to her husband， Philip， two years younger， whom she had met at Oxford， at a Conservative Party disco.3 They bonded over cricket and silly university debates.4 Both became bankers， and Ms. May threw herself into the Conservative politics that had entranced5 her since the age of 12， when she liked to argue with her father.
“Politics captured6 me，” Ms. May said in 2014. “That sounds terribly trite7，” she said， but “I wanted to make a difference， I wanted to be part of the debate.”
On July 13， 2016， Ms. May， 59， became Britain’s Prime Minister， the Britain’s second female prime minister.
Ms. May， who had been home secretary， is considered “a safe pair of hands，” not flashy and even dull， who seems to be a candidate of continuity.8 But the country’s dire9 circumstances may demand more. And Ms. May， a traditional economic and social conservative in many respects， has signaled a desire to give her party a new focus on the need to build a fairer society.
With Britain deeply divided over its decision to leave the European Union， its place in the world in flux， its unity threatened by calls for Scottish independence and its economy at risk， the times may require that Ms. May be both steady and bold.10
Her six-year tenure at the Home Office showed her to be a tough operator and put her in charge of a number of flash-point issues.11 She demanded police reforms to reduce racial profiling12. She helped push through surveillance policies that had to balance fears of terrorism against civil liberties and confronted public pressure to reduce immigration.13
Damian Green， who worked for her as Home Office minister until 2014， said that “Theresa doesn’t do verbiage14， doesn’t do speeches for the sake of making speeches. One of her virtues is that when she says something today she means it tomorrow.”
Friends say that her early religious upbringing—she is an Anglican but went to a Roman Catholic school—has given Ms. May a moral base， a steady personality and a feeling for the disadvantaged.15
A young woman who hunched her shoulders16 at school to seem less tall has grown into a proud master of her responsibilities. She lives for her work and her husband. They live in their neat house in Sonning-on-Thames， in Berkshire， a village she shares with better-known types like the guitarist Jimmy Page and George and Amal Clooney.17 She likes to cook and owns more than 100 cookbooks， and will likely be glad that the Camerons took the heat for remodeling the ancient kitchen at 10 Downing Street.18
It brought her even closer to her husband， Philip， two years younger， whom she had met at Oxford， at a Conservative Party disco.3 They bonded over cricket and silly university debates.4 Both became bankers， and Ms. May threw herself into the Conservative politics that had entranced5 her since the age of 12， when she liked to argue with her father.
“Politics captured6 me，” Ms. May said in 2014. “That sounds terribly trite7，” she said， but “I wanted to make a difference， I wanted to be part of the debate.”
On July 13， 2016， Ms. May， 59， became Britain’s Prime Minister， the Britain’s second female prime minister.
Ms. May， who had been home secretary， is considered “a safe pair of hands，” not flashy and even dull， who seems to be a candidate of continuity.8 But the country’s dire9 circumstances may demand more. And Ms. May， a traditional economic and social conservative in many respects， has signaled a desire to give her party a new focus on the need to build a fairer society.
With Britain deeply divided over its decision to leave the European Union， its place in the world in flux， its unity threatened by calls for Scottish independence and its economy at risk， the times may require that Ms. May be both steady and bold.10
Her six-year tenure at the Home Office showed her to be a tough operator and put her in charge of a number of flash-point issues.11 She demanded police reforms to reduce racial profiling12. She helped push through surveillance policies that had to balance fears of terrorism against civil liberties and confronted public pressure to reduce immigration.13
Damian Green， who worked for her as Home Office minister until 2014， said that “Theresa doesn’t do verbiage14， doesn’t do speeches for the sake of making speeches. One of her virtues is that when she says something today she means it tomorrow.”
Friends say that her early religious upbringing—she is an Anglican but went to a Roman Catholic school—has given Ms. May a moral base， a steady personality and a feeling for the disadvantaged.15
A young woman who hunched her shoulders16 at school to seem less tall has grown into a proud master of her responsibilities. She lives for her work and her husband. They live in their neat house in Sonning-on-Thames， in Berkshire， a village she shares with better-known types like the guitarist Jimmy Page and George and Amal Clooney.17 She likes to cook and owns more than 100 cookbooks， and will likely be glad that the Camerons took the heat for remodeling the ancient kitchen at 10 Downing Street.18