Labour v Tory play-off fails to rise above training pace | John Crace

As Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn are rested, subs Lidington and Thornberry get bogged down in detailIt was Theresa May’s best performance at prime minister’s questions for months. No fumbling to master the basics of language. No failing to answer questions she hadn’t even been asked. No awkward gurning or exaggerated laughter to disguise her own discomfort. Mainly because she was nowhere near the House of Commons.With the prime minister away at the Nato summit in Brussels and J