I know May is desperate. But prosecco parties for Tory MPs won’t save her | Peter Bradshaw

There is logic to the PM plying backbenchers with booze at Chequers. But once the democratic fizz dies down, they won’t remember anything she saidAs our long, cold summer crawls off somewhere to expire, a Mike Leigh-style nightmare is unfolding at the highest reaches of the British political establishment. Theresa May is reportedly having a series of “prosecco and canapé” receptions at Chequers, the prime ministerial country retreat in Buckinghamshire, to schmooze backbe