Theresa May will receive a rapturous reception from Tory activists tomorrow. She is not just their new leader, but—as I say in The Sun today—someone they see as one of their own. She joined the party as a teenager, met her husband at a Tory disco and still goes out canvassing most weekends. She’s also much closer to the activists in age than Cameron was when he became leader: she turns 60 today, Cameron was 39 when he became party leader.
But May should enjoy the applause on Sunday because her job is about to get harder. She is taking the unusual step of speaking on the opening day of conference to try and get Brexit out of the way. Number 10 hope that her addressing the issue on day one, will clear the decks for them to talk about domestic policy for the rest of the week.
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