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Theresa May grills the press pack

Whisper it quietly, but Theresa May might actually be having a good week for once. While Labour fill up the headlines with the chaos over their Brexit position, the Prime Minister has managed to keep a low profile as her cabinet wait for their chance to spring their own conference ambush.

So, with the wind in her sails, the Prime Minister decided to take some questions from the press pack travelling with her as she flew to the UN General Assembly in New York. One hack, hearing of May’s piety, and possibly hoping she’d say ‘a plague of locusts on Boris’s house,’ asked the vicar’s daughter:

‘What do you pray for in church, Prime Minister?’

Her response: ‘I pray for serious questions from journalists.’

Ouch. Mr S sends his thoughts and prayers to the poor hack.

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