How will Theresa May be remembered in years to come?

History may be a fraction kinder than today’s commentators but the PM still leaves behind a polarised nation

Theresa May
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Theresa May is heading into her final Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons before Boris Johnson takes up residence in Downing Street later today.

She will meet the Queen at Buckingham Palace to officially resign and, “if she's lucky, she will be given a personal gift”, says the BBC, noting that Gordon Brown received a signed photograph.

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