This is not a plea in mitigation for the departing prime minister. Men can fail and fail again in business and yet their careers may flourish. For female business leaders it is more often one strike and you’re out. This image of the apparently broken, tearful female prime minister seemed to be demanded by the macho Westminster village, and now it has been granted. She said proudly in her closing remarks that she was, “the second female prime minister, but certainly not the last”.

Source: The Guardian May 25, 2019 06:56 UTC