Charing Cross to Olympia in west London is normally three miles. At Charing Cross, a flush-faced, fed-up Theresa May made her “last chance” Brexit pitch at the swanky offices of Pricewaterhouse Coopers, consultant-schmoozers to the political class. Three hours later the Brexit Party held a rally at Olympia. The contrast between that and Mrs May’s defeatist wake was staggering. Her speech — desperation in a bunker — was delivered in the atrium of a business that has grown fat on…

Source: The Times May 21, 2019 23:03 UTC