Theresa May, former Tory prime minister, now sits as a Conservative peer

Baroness Theresa May has urged Brits to avoid falling into the “trap” of populism in an emotional speech.

The former Tory prime minister also focused her plea on the Conservatives, urging them to resort to such tactics for “short-term political ends” on Monday evening, but to show “leadership” instead.

Delivering a Lord Speaker’s lecture, she said: “In the world of power where the club of strong men want to carve the world up in their own interests, populism and polarisation are enablers.

“And those politicians in the Western world who use populism and polarisation for their own short-term political ends risk handing a victory to our enemies.

“We must not risk walking into that trap.”

May, who was in No.10 between 2016 and 2019, also criticised the Tories’ approach to net zero, the judiciary and human rights.

She committed the UK to reaching net zero by 2050 when she was in office, but her succcessor Kemi Badenoch has now decided the party should try and repeal the Climate Change Act if they........

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