May mocks her successors’ books

To the Commons, where Theresa May was the guest of honour for today’s parliamentary press gallery lunch. The former premier was on sparkling form as she spoke of the crisis facing global democracies. Asked by one journalist as to whether populism worked, May retorted: ‘Well, let me I see – how many successors am I on now?’ And it was her successors who were the subject of her ire as the ex-PM scrutinised their literary efforts. May, who recently published her first book Abuse of Power, joked that: 

I’ve been around quite a few bookshops recently. It’s quite interesting to notice where political titles are categorised, where they’re showed in the bookshops. Tim Shipman, of course, No Way Out, under horror. Or maybe that should just be fiction? I was there. Liz Truss, Ten Years to Save the West — well, given Liz’s reputation and record perhaps it should be Ten Days to Save the West. That goes under sci-fi fantasy… And then of course we’re all waiting for the memoir from Boris Johnson, which will undoubtedly be shelved under current affairs.