Why Do I Put Myself Through This, Beleaguered May Asks Herself
May Pranked by Comedian During Conference Speech
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She’s lost her parliamentary majority, her cabinet is squabbling over Brexit -- and a heckler at the Tory party conference handed her a notice to quit.
“People ask me why I put myself through it -- the long hours, the pressure, the criticism and insults that inevitably go with the job,” Theresa May had just told the Tory party faithful in Manchester. “I tell them this: I do it to root out injustice and to give everyone in our country a voice.”