And the former prime minister Sir John Major hit out at the “self-absorbed” and “disloyal” behaviour of some Tories who are “driven by their own personal agenda” – comments that will be viewed as a slapdown to Johnson. But asked what she might do with the foreign secretary, May told the Sunday Times: “It has never been my style to hide from a challenge and I’m not going to start now. The prime minister denied that she had cried after the speech and hit out at some of the media portrayals of her. Questions have been asked about the security arrangements that allowed comedian Lee Nelson – real name Simon Brodkin – to carry out the P45 stunt. May said she trusted her police protection officers completely, but there would “be a review into the events of the day”.

Source: The Guardian October 08, 2017 05:00 UTC