It seems like long ago now, but there once was a time when the Labour Party had every reason to be fearful of Theresa May.
The new Prime Minister had walked into Downing Street with a plan to transform politics by colonising vast tracts of Labour territory. Standing on the steps of No 10, May said she stood for social justice and building one nation. She even ended her speech with a very new Labour claim: “We will make Britain a country that works not for a privileged few, but for every one of us.”
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