Isabel Hardman Isabel Hardman

Theresa May looks back in anger at her final PMQs

Theresa May’s final Prime Minister’s Questions had all the tributes you’d expect for an outgoing leader. Members from across the House praised her commitment to public service and the way in which she has made tackling mental illness, modern slavery and domestic abuse her priority throughout her time in government. She received a standing ovation from her party at the end, with the Liberal Democrats and the DUP joining in from the opposition benches. A few female Labour MPs clapped too.

Her final remarks made a dignified end to a premiership beset by failure and procrastination. She told MPs that the Commons was ‘rightly at the centre’ of ‘extraordinary times’ and that her greatest motivation would always remain her constituents.

What was more striking than any of this was the way in which Theresa May is still clearly very personally angry about the way the Commons behaved over her Brexit deal.

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