So, May eyes retirement. But should PMs try to orchestrate their departures?

Blair and Cameron both arranged their respective leaving parties, and acknowledging your political mortality can be a shrewd moveTheresa May must have felt she had little choice but say she was ready to fight another election after weekend reports suggested she had told backbenchers in cosy chats at Chequers that she was pencilling 30 August 2019 as a good day to resign.But past prime ministers have had mixed success when they have tried to set – or indefinitely delay – their own dep