May malfunctions on arrival in Brussels and lapses into old script

Her mouth opened in what she hoped would be mistaken for a fixed grin. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty ImagesAction and ... Smile. Many people had been bewildered when a shaky, hand-held video of an almost human Theresa May appeared on the Sunday news bulletins. Especially as she had had nothing to say. What they hadn’t realised was that it was a dress rehearsal. All part of a Downing Street plan to get the prime minister to appear if not chatty – her carers weren’t miracle wo