Wednesday, June 6, 2018

With no credible candidate to replace her, surely the prime minister can afford to tell squabbling ministers to back her or go

There is an interesting contrast in the successive premierships of David Cameron and Theresa May. The former, chilled out to a fault, nevertheless managing to keep ministers in line; the other a nervous micromanager fearful even of small talk with hacks, putting up with jaw-dropping disloyalty on a near-daily basis.

When stories filtered out from Cameron’s office his team used to joke that there was no point running inquiries into who had leaked them – it was probably the prime minister himself. May, meanwhile, prefers to work in a state of media clampdown, loyal enforcers keeping everyone under control. Now ministers openly oppose her policies, and brief against her to the papers. None have lost their jobs.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2JyBJ30

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