It’s the May she tells ’em!
VICAR’S daughter Mrs May has always been seen as a serious, strait-laced politician.
However, since entering No10, she has shown more of her little-known flair for poking fun at political friend and foe alike, and at times, herself. Usually delivered with withering sarcasm. WHEN A TECHNICAL HITCH WRECKED HER JOKEY POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AT A SPECTATOR MAGAZINE LUNCH. ‘Never work with children, animals or The Spectator.’ HER TORY LEADERSHIP CAMPAIGN LAUNCH. She ridiculed arch-rival Boris Johnson’s ‘negotiating skills’ for wasting public funds as London Mayor by buying three German water cannon for riot control – which were never used. ‘The last time Boris did a deal with the Germans he came back with three nearly-new water cannon.’ ON MICHAEL GOVE PREPARING TO BE GRILLED BY BBC PUNDIT ANDREW NEIL. ‘Michael Gove says he prepares for interviews with Andrew Neil by imagining him naked. I’m not sure if he means himself or Andrew.’ HER FIRST COMMONS CLASH WITH JEREMY CORBYN. She used his war with rebel Labour MPs to hurl his challenge about ‘unscrupulous bosses’ back in his face. ‘Labour MPs might be familiar with an unscrupulous boss who doesn’t listen to his workers and exploits the rules to further his own career. Remind you of anybody?’ ON WINNING POLITICIAN OF THE YEAR. She mocked Ken Clarke over his soft approach to law and order compared to her tough line – and ex-Justice Secretary Chris Grayling’s even tougher line. ‘They used to say I locked them up and Ken let them out, now they say I lock them up and Chris Grayling throws away
the key.’ ON COMPARISONS TO MODEL CARA DELEVINGNE. ‘A newspaper said, “Is Theresa May the new Cara Delevingne?” Since she is 21, a supermodel and one of the most beautiful women in the world, the answer is clearly no.’