How May kept her secret – and left rivals scrambling

On the Thursday before Easter, Westminster journalists were invited to bring their children to No 10 Downing Street for an Easter egg hunt.There had been signals earlier in the same week that, with hindsight, should have invited suspicion that Theresa May was up to something.Why, with Easter approaching, was there was there still no date in the political calendar for the Queen’s speech, normally held in May?