Guido is sceptical of the claim made by her friends that Theresa May in private has a naughty sense of humour. The same was said of Gordon Brown…

Speaking at the Oxford Union recently , she did show a funnier side with a gag that almost flew over the heads of students.

At the speech, in honour of Benazir Bhutto, May also spoke of the former Pakistani PM’s experience of different standards for women in politics