Theresa May jokes about ‘adult’ Boris and David ‘Mad Max’ Davis

PM takes a swipe at cabinet ministers and tells a ‘bawdy’ canvassing story at black tie event

David Davis, Boris Johnson and Theresa May
The then-Brexit Secretary David Davis, then-Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson and Theresa May in 2017
(Image credit: Peter Nicholls/WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Theresa May last night joked that she called a snap general election last spring simply to avoid getting out of making a speech to journalists, and that she “might do the same again this Easter”.

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