Calm. Resilient. Businesslike. Theresa May’s pre-vote appearance at the 1922 Committee – potentially her last as Conservative leader – elicited all the cliched descriptions of her character that one would expect as MPs and Ministers lined up to give their blow-by-blow accounts of the prime minister’s date with destiny. There were tears too, allegedly. But what did we actually learn?
Theresa May won’t fight the next election – or at least recognises nobody wants her to
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