What must it be like to be Theresa May?

First of all, I'd like to say that I like her and I welcome her appointment as Prime Minister  She has just made a striking statement of bold intent with a strong emphasis on social justice. She spoke of how if you're black, you are treated more harshly by the criminal justice system. She mentioned that if you're a white working class boy, you are much less likely to go to university than anyone else in the country. She relayed how if you are poor you will, on average, die almost a decade before those who are wealthy. 

As Laura Kuensberg, BBC political editor herself said, May's words were more reminiscent of  another political party - The Labour Party, of which I am a member. (Sort yourselves out, comrades!)

The last two and a half weeks have been dramatic in political terms: the EU referendum, the challenge to the Labour Party Leadership, the resignation of David Cameron, the stepping down of Angela Leadsom. the surprise disappearance of Boris Johnson because of the shocking back stabbing by Michael Gove of Boris Johnson. What price loyalty?

So what must it be like to be Theresa May right now? And what must it be like to be her husband, Philip? Theresa first - my question is, how does she feel about it all? I have no doubt that she is fully capable of being Prime Minister, but she must feel a degree of excitement, but perhaps also she is feeling overwhelmed. She has the top job in Britain. Being Home Secretary for six years is impressive on anyone's CV. But the job of  PM has no superior. Has she wanted this job for a while? Was she watching and waiting? When the chance came, did she think she could triumph against Boris Johnson, who, up until very recently, was the favourite to succeed Cameron? How could she have foretold the events of the leadership race? And if Andrea Leadsom had not made her ignorant and insensitive comment about Theresa May not having children and therefore  not having a stake in the future, Theresa's appointment may not have happened.

 The speed of her move from one job to another has also been dramatic. As far as I can see, she is managing it all with calm and good grace. What she is saying to her husband in private may well be very  different.

Just a word about David Cameron, who left office before he was really ready. He was confident that the nation would vote to remain in the EU, but, that people voted to leave, may be a sign of how out of touch Cameron was.

As he left Downing Street, just as Gordon Brown before him, 'nothing in his life became him like the leaving of it.' * We saw both David Cameron and Gordon Brown, with their wives and children, appearing relaxed and possibly a little relieved. But more than anything, they appeared fallible and decidedly human.

*from Macbeth