Theresa May Overcomes a Heckler and a Cough to Urge Party to ‘Shape Up’

British Prime Minister Theresa May attempted to wrest back control of her divided Conservative Party in a keynote speech at its annual conference on Wednesday. “Let us shape up and give the country the government it needs,” May told delegates at the Conservative Party Conference, in a nod to the infighting that has beset her Conservatives—or “Tories”—since they lost their parliamentary majority in June’s general election. May’s most senior ministers are split on the question of Brexit, with Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson pushing for a more severe split from the European Union. Although much of the feuding has taken place behind the scenes and leaked to the news media, Johnson broke cover on the eve of the conference to outline his “red lines” on Brexit in an interview. In her speech in the British city of Manchester, May conceded the party’s election campaign was “too scripted and too presidential,” but insisted her fractured cabinet was “a team that will tackle the challenges of the future together.” At the core of the speech was May’s domestic agenda, and she dedicated little time to the matter of Brexit after her major speech on it last week. She proposed a cap on energy prices and promised new investment for social housing, as well as a review of how mental health is diagnosed and treated. During the speech the Prime Minister was accosted by a heckler, who approached her lect...
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