In the race to become Britain’s next Prime Minister, Home Secretary Theresa May is gaining support in her party and in the right-wing press after positioning herself as the steady hand required to lead negotiations with the European Union after the U.K. voted to leave the bloc last week. The result of the June 23 referendum has sent both major parties into leadership battles, with Prime Minister David Cameron having announced his intention to step down and allow his successor to initiate and negotiate Brexit. His resignation has triggered a contest to select a new leader for the ruling Conservative Party, and the country.