But the woman who led Britain from 1979 to 1990 would never have made the speech that May made on Wednesday. As Britain’s second woman prime minister, May is often, lazily compared with Margaret Thatcher. They are already nine points ahead of Labour according to the latest YouGov opinion poll.Ĭertainly it represented a striking difference from some of her predecessors. If successful, a shift to the middle could keep the Conservatives in power for a generation. She staked a claim for the political center ground, which represents fertile territory as her left-leaning opposition parties are waging civil war (Labour) or have virtually no Members of Parliament (the Liberal Democrats). Instead, Britain’s new Prime Minister seized an opportunity to frame both her style and her political philosophy.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a former Conservative Foreign Secretary, tells TIME that May “is funny in private”, but this is not her public style.Ĭertainly, there were few laughs in the rest of her speech. “Just about,” she then smiled, prompting effusive applause.
Not even three months into her premiership, May is in her honeymoon period and the gushing audience burst into laughter. Can Boris Johnson stay on message for four days?” Are we ready for the effort it will take to see it through? We are. “When we came to Birmingham this week, some big questions were hanging in the air.
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To the surprise of just about everybody, Britain’s Prime Minister Theresa May cracked a joke today.Īddressing her Conservative Party’s annual four-day conference in the U.K.’s second city of Birmingham, May mocked her Foreign Secretary, the infamously loquacious Boris Johnson.
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