Colleagues say security a fundamental issue for former PM who wants to play an active role
It was exactly the kind of grimace and shake of the head that dogged Theresa May when she addressed mutinous Tory MPs from the Commons’ dispatch box in her time as prime minister.
As Michael Gove argued on Monday that the UK could cooperate better on border security from outside the EU, the former prime minister’s mouth fell open. Her eyes narrowed, her top lip curled. And she glanced right and left to fellow backbenchers before mouthing the words “what?” and “utter rubbish”.