What the papers say: May’s ‘flawed’ plan and the ‘short-sighted’ rejection of Farage

Theresa May used her first big speech on foreign policy last night to spell out the need for globalisation to change. She adopted a softer approach than she did in her conference speech, when she went on the warpath against the liberal elite, says James Forsyth. Yet she remained clear: this year’s political upheaval shows something needs to give. It’s hard to fault that thinking, but while many would agree with the Prime Minister, does May have the answers for what this change should look like?

No, says the Guardian, which slates Theresa May for having no answers to the key questions left following Donald Trump’s election victory. The paper says the Prime Minister gave an ‘interesting’ speech at last night’s Lord Mayor’s Banquet. But the Guardian’s editorial says that it’s obvious her approach is ‘flawed’. It says that while it’s undeniable that May ‘understands that Trump’s election was caused in part by some voters feeling left behind by the unfairnesses of the liberal global order’, May has no real idea of how to deal with these issues.