“Good morning,” the prime minister smiled cheerily as she strode through parliament’s colonnade, flanked by aides who looked much more worried than she does. We already know that Theresa May likes to do The Times sudoku. It is worth remembering that in post-war British history it is actually pretty rare for a government to lose a Commons vote. Anthony Eden, Harold Macmillan and Alex Douglas-Home all kept a clean sheet. So did May, until she called a general election to flesh…

Source: The Times December 06, 2018 08:48 UTC