Until 5pm this evening, the main news from Theresa May’s first trip to Africa as Prime Minister was that she isn’t much good at dancing – after she attempted to join in on a dance with school children in Cape Town. However, the Maybot has since managed to set the news agenda alight by telling hacks that when it comes to her premiership she is ‘in this for the long term’.
Asked by the accompanying press pack, whether it was still her intention to lead her feuding party into the next election, May said she was in it for the ‘long term’ – adding that her focus right now is on delivering ‘what the British people want’. Pressed on whether this meant she could fight Boris Johnson for the leadership of the Conservative party, May would only re-iterate that she was here for the ‘long term’.
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