(CNN) Theresa May struck a populist tone in her first public remarks as British Prime Minister on Wednesday, saying she planned to continue predecessor David Cameron's "true legacy" of social justice. The Conservative Party leader spoke directly to the poor, black and white working-class residents as well as women, youth and those with mental health issues, saying, "The government I lead will be driven not by the interests of a privileged few, but by yours." Her party prizes unionism, she said, and not just among England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, "but between all of our citizens, everyone, whoever we are and wherever we're from."Theresa May names chief leadership rivals Boris Johnson, Liam Fox to CabinetMay faces daunting task as she negotiates UK "Brexit" from the European Union
In his final appearance in Parliament as Prime Minister, _ opened with the quip that "apart from one meeting in the afternoon with the Queen, my diary is remarkably light."