Editorial Board

Theresa May's Brexit Platform

May should give a fuller account of her brand of centrist Toryism.

Details to come.

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British Prime Minister Theresa May recently surprised the country -- and most of her ministers -- by calling an election for early next month. Up against self-imposed deadlines, and anxious to increase her majority in Parliament, she's scrambling to devise a policy platform.

With Brexit looming, this isn’t a normal election, and the usual litany of detailed proposals won’t serve. For the purposes of this manifesto and this election, less is more.