Despite derision, May might well be able to carry on... for now

By Elizabeth PiperLONDON (Reuters) - It was meant to silence her critics, but by pledging to lead the Conservative Party into the next election, British Prime Minister Theresa May instead unleashed a wave of derision from her foes.The London Evening Standard, now edited by George Osborne, the Conservative sacked by May as finance minister when she became prime minister last year, described her pledge to run again as "Like the Living Dead in a second-rate horror film".Party grandee Michael Heselt