Theresa May’s Brexit vision gets the thumbs-up from the traditional Tory troublemakers

Theresa May hasn’t been Prime Minister for 100 days yet but already she’s achieved what few other Tory leaders before her have done: get her eurosceptic backbenchers on board. In doing this, May will have made the likes of David Cameron green with envy. So how did she succeed in this task? It seems her speech on Sunday lived up to the high expectations of the Brexiteers and managed to warm even the stoniest of hearts among the traditional Tory troublemakers. In return, they’ve spent this year’s conference determined to sing the joys of May.

That show of support was on display last night from two of the biggest names in the Brexit band. Jacob Rees-Mogg and John Redwood couldn’t have been clearer: they were fully behind Theresa May’s Brexit vision. Here’s what Rees-Mogg told an audience of Brexit backers at a Politeia fringe event:

‘What is such good news is that the Government has bought into this and has fleshed out Brexit means Brexit.