Theresa May’s faltering acceptance speech at her own constituency count at 3am on Friday morning (9 June) told the story.
“This country needs a period of stability … and if the Conservatives have won the most votes and seats then it is incumbent on us to provide that stability,” she said, but without any conviction.
There was a certain irony in her repeating the robotic mantra of offering "stability" having just plunged the UK into another unnecessary political crisis.
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