
This month’s UK general election result was an unmitigated disaster for the Conservative party. Indeed, it is hard to envisage a messier outcome. Weak and wobbly is the new strong and stable. Having failed miserably to deliver her campaign soundbite, Theresa May would typically have been expected to resign, as her predecessor, David Cameron, did after his unsuccessful attempt to secure a Remain victory in last year’s EU referendum. However, May has displayed the tenacity of a pitbull[1] in holding on to the keys of number 10 Downing Street, and her backbenchers, well-known for their ruthlessness in getting rid of