Profile Theresa May: Come what May?

The favourite to become Britain’s second woman PM faces a job to convince Tory grassroots

Theresa May looks odds on to become only the second female prime minister in Britain Pic: Getty

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Newsworthiness: is odds-on favourite to become Britain’s second woman prime minister but faces a job to convince the Tory grassroots

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