Philip May seems a decent cove. He’s been stoic and loyal but I can’t help hoping that the next prime minister’s spouse will be a bit sparkier — and give us something to talk about other than Brexit.
I suspect that it will be a woman. If so, who? We have Lucia, Jeremy Hunt’s wife.

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