The Observer view on Theresa May’s Florence speech |Observer editorial

The prime minister still seems less concerned about Britain’s position outside than Europe than about holding her party togetherLast Friday, the prime minister stepped into a church filled with stunning frescoes in a city regarded by many as the cultural capital of Europe. But, it was to prove, only to deliver a speech to a roomful of British journalists, in front of a bland backdrop that would have been at home in an anonymous conference room in any corner of Britain. It is a fitting meta