May denies she is ‘robotic’ during Test Match Special appearance
The legendary Yorkshire and England cricketer Geoffrey Boycott was famous for his steady and unadventurous batting style, which could see him defend a wicket for hours at a time while scoring just a handful of runs.
His refusal to change pace once saw him deliberately run out by a team-mate, just to get him off the field. The Prime Minister’s colleagues may wish they could do the same after Theresa May said she admired Mr Boycott’s skill at clinging on.
Mrs May, a life-long cricket fan, praised the no-nonsense player-turned-commentator for “the fact that he stuck in there and just got on with the job”.
She took time out from responding to Hurricane Irma to appear on the BBC’S Test Match Special programme, bringing home-made brownies for presenter Jonathan Agnew.
“I’m a woman, I can multitask and do them both at the same time,” she said.
In an interview that at times felt like one of Mr Boycott’s visits to the crease, she admitted being “frustrated” at personal criticism over a lacklustre election campaign.
“I don’t think I’m in the least robotic,” she said.
Mrs May added: “It is difficult to go into an election thinking, working, hoping for a particular result and then getting a different result.”