Has anyone used the “Mayday” gag yet? Perhaps it’s too cheap and obvious,
but it’s certainly applicable today. Not only are Theresa May’s troubles still splayed across the newspapers — sure to come up in PMQs later — but they have also been aggravated by the man who just quit
as head of the UK Border Agency’s border force. So far as the bookies are
concerned, the Home Secretary is now second-favourite (behind Chris Huhne) to be the Cabinet’s next ejectee.
As for how the former head of the UK Border Agency’s border force, Brodie Clark, has made things difficult for May, I’d suggest you read his resignation statement here. In effect, he accuses May of misleading the Commons about his role in reducing border queues. He also claims that he came up against ministerial pressure to reduce queues.
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