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Theresa May will on Wednesday become Britain’s prime minister promising to make a success of Brexit, after she completed a dramatic rout of the Conservatives who led the campaign to take Britain out of the EU.特里莎·梅将于周三成为英国首相，她承诺带领英国成功完成退欧。她在保守党领导人竞选中戏剧性地击败了退欧阵营的不止一名党内对手。
The removal vans will arrive in Downing St Wednesday afternoon, marking the end of David Cameron’s six years in Number 10 and the arrival of Britain’s second female prime minister.搬家的货车将在周三下午抵达唐宁街，标志着戴维·卡梅伦结束六年首相任期，英国有史以来第二位女首相入主唐宁街10号。
Mrs May, the 59-year-old home secretary, was part of the campaign to keep Britain in the EU, but now finds herself picking up the pieces after the last remaining pro-Brexit Tory leadership candidate threw in the towel.59岁的内政大臣梅在全民公投之前是英国留欧阵营的一员，但在支持退欧的最后一名保守党党魁候选人放弃角逐后，她现在必须收拾残局。
Andrea Leadsom, the energy minister, announced at 12.15pm that she could not command the support of the party and abandoned her short-lived campaign, which was dogged by missteps and and controversy.能源部次官安德里亚·利德索姆周一12时15分宣布，她无法争取到全党的支持，因此决定放弃竞选。她在短暂的竞选期间受到失误和争议的困扰。
Mrs Leadsom’s friends said she had been in tears over the weekend and felt “under attack” after suggesting in a newspaper article that she was better placed than Mrs May to become prime minister because she was a mother.利德索姆的友人表示，她在周末期间曾经流泪，并感到“受到攻击”，此前她在报上发表文章暗示，相比梅，她具有出任首相的更有利条件，因为她是一个母亲。
Her decision short-circuited a leadership contest that was due to conclude on September 9 and reassured markets who have been spooked by the leadership vacuum in Britain following the Brexit vote.她的决定使得原定9月9日见分晓的党魁竞选提前完成，也安抚了此前对公投退欧之后英国的领导真空感到担心的市场。
The FTSE 250 stock index, the most UK-centric of the main London equities benchmarks, was 2.5 per cent higher after the identity of the next prime minister became clear.英国概念股云集的伦敦主要股指——富时250(FTSE 250)在下一任首相的人选明朗后上涨2.5%。
The FTSE 100 was up 0.9 per cent to a day-high of 6,654.59, led by strong gains in property-related stocks that have been hit hard since the vote for Brexit. Taylor Wimpey was the best single gainer, up 9.5 per cent.富时100(FTSE 100)指数上涨0.9%，达到6654.59的盘中高点，受房地产板块强劲上涨的推动，这些股票在公投退欧后受到重创。Taylor Wimpey是涨幅最大的个股，上涨9.5%。
Pro-Brexit Tories were confident they would inherit the party’s crown, but the ambitions of the campaign’s leaders — Boris Johnson, the former London mayor; Michael Gove, the justice secretary; and Mrs Leadsom — have all been dashed in the tumultuous weeks that followed the Leave vote.支持退欧的保守党人曾经信心满满地认为，他们将继承党魁宝座，但退欧阵营领导人——伦敦前市长鲍里斯·约翰逊、司法部长迈克尔·戈夫，以及利德索姆——的雄心在公投之后风起云涌的几周内全部遭到挫败。
Amid the political and economic unheaval unleashed by the Brexit vote, Mrs May promised “strong leadership” and a promise to heal the country’s divisions, a pledge that secured the backing of half of her parliamentary colleagues and ultimately unstoppable momentum.在退欧公投引发政治和经济动荡的背景下，梅承诺“强有力的领导”，并承诺弥合这个国家的隔阂，这个承诺使她争取到一半议会同僚的支持，最终形成不可阻挡之势。
She will now seek to unite the party by bringing together politicians from both sides of the argument, but declared: “Brexit means Brexit and we are going to make a success of it.”现在，她将通过汇聚争论双方的政界人士来寻求团结保守党，但宣告：“退欧就是退欧，我们将使之成功。”
Mrs May has said she will not invoke the Article 50 EU exit clause this year, but will come under pressure from Tory Eurosceptics to pull the trigger to formalise Brexit.梅曾表示她今年不会启动第50条欧盟退出条款，但她将受到保守党内欧洲怀疑论者的压力，要求她正式启动英国退欧程序。
Mr Johnson and Mr Gove are likely to be offered cabinet jobs, while her old ally Philip Hammond, foreign secretary and a former businessman, has been mooted to replace George Osborne as chancellor.约翰逊和戈夫很可能会得到内阁职位，而她的老盟友、外交大臣和前商人菲利普·哈蒙德，则有可能接替乔治·奥斯本成为财相。
Mr Cameron emerged from Downing St to announce he would chair his last cabinet Tuesday and answer prime minister’s questions for the last time on Wednesday before tendering his resignation to the Queen.卡梅伦在唐宁街现身，宣布他将在周二最后一次主持内阁会议，周三最后一次在议会作为首相回答质询，然后向女王递交辞呈。
Mrs May will arrive at Number 10 Wednesday evening, the first female prime minister to walk across the threshold since Margaret Thatcher’s tearful departure 26 years ago.梅将在周三晚抵达唐宁街10号，这将是自玛格丽特·撒切尔26年前含泪离开以来，首位女首相跨入首相府的门槛。
Although she is seen as a hardliner on immigration, Mr Cameron’s allies believe she has liberal and mainstream views that will help to keep the outgoing prime minister’s modernisation project on track.虽然她被视为移民问题上的强硬派，但卡梅伦的盟友相信她抱有自由派和主流观点，这些将有助于延续卡梅伦的现代化项目。
Mrs May launched her campaign to become prime minister in Birmingham on Monday with a promise to preside over a more responsible form of capitalism, tackle boardroom excess and predatory corporate takeovers.周一早些时候，梅在伯明翰正式启动她的党魁竞选活动，承诺营造一种更加负责任的资本主义，对付董事会的过分行为和掠夺性的公司收购。
But as she finished her speech it emerged that Mrs Leadsom was about to hand the keys of Number 10 to her. Mrs May says she will not hold an early election to seek a new mandate but would continue as prime minister until the next scheduled poll in 2020.但就在她结束讲话之际，消息传来，利德索姆将拱手让出唐宁街10号的钥匙。梅表示，她不会提前举行大选以寻求新的民意授权，而将担任首相至2020年下一场大选。
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