Cold Christmas coming for May as Brexit and budget crises loom

The prime ministeris entering a defining period in which she will have to defy enemies at home and abroadIn the last few weeks at prime minister’s questions a group of female Tory MPs have stood in front of the entrance to the Commons chamber, within the eyeline of Theresa May and opposite the press gallery, loyally nodding at almost every word she has uttered. This position, at what is known as the Bar of the chamber, is much sought after by MPs on set-piece occasions, as it is also in th