On Tuesday, the House will – finally – rise for the summer recess. Before we get there, and with MPs on a one-line-whip, Theresa May is decamping from SW1 and taking her Cabinet to Gateshead for an away day. As well as a Cabinet meeting in Gateshead, May will take part in a Q and A with staff at a local business. This is the first stop in a series of visits over the summer holidays in which May and her ministers will attempt to sell her Brexit vision at home and abroad.
When I suggested May did this just last week by embarking on a town hall tour to sell her Brexit blueprint, it was met with a healthy dose of scepticism. Lots of people were quick to point out that May isn’t a natural salesman so was unlikely to excel at meeting lots of voters – many of whom wouldn’t think much of her proposals.
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