Theresa May struck a defiant tone this afternoon in her first broadcast interview since her disastrous conference speech. Speaking to Iain Dale on LBC, the Prime Minister re-iterated her old claim that she still wishes to lead the party into the next election – even if the number of MPs in her party who support her wish is now in single figures:
ID: Is it still your intention to lead the Conservative party into the next election?
TM: Iain I’ve been asked this question many times and the answer has not changed, I can tell you that.
ID: I just wondered after the events of last week whether it might have changed.
TM: No, look I’m not a quitter and there’s a long term job to be done here and I still passionately believe in the message I set out on the steps of Downing Street when I first became Prime Minister.
Her comments will frustrate some MPs who hoped after the events of last week that she would set a date for her exit rather than claim she will fight on until 2022.
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