At the Conservative Party conference in Birmingham, the Prime Minister announced the end of eight years of austerity, a continued freeze on fuel duty and said the cap on the amount of money councils can borrow to build more homes should be scrapped.
She also acknowledged the racism and misogyny Diane Abbot has received in recent months and, regarding Brexit, stuck to her belief that 'no deal' should not be completely off the table.
Christian Conservative MP Sir Desmond Swayne spoke on Premier's News Hour straight after watching the speech and said he thought her stance was sensible.
"I've always taken the view that it would be mad to rule out no deal - on the grounds that it's a basic requirement in any negotiating position, that you'd be prepared to walk away.
"If anyone's ever gone and bought a second-hand car, you never say to the salesman 'I can't leave...without buying the car - you've got to be prepared to walk away and he's got to know that you can walk away, otherwise he's not going to tailor a deal that will suit you, or suit both of you, which is really what we're after"
"There is a mutual interest here between us and the European Union to serve both of our interests".
Speaking about how the PM manages the stress of her job, Mr Swayne said: "She's got diabetes and she's got to manage that and she's got all these problems and all these issues to face. There's inner strength there....I think it's vitally important that we pray for her and that we pray for all those in government - I think it's part of our basic duty as Christians to pray for our leaders.
Regarding Theresa May's performance, the MP for New Forest West in Hampshire thought it was "easily the best I've heard from her, I thought it was a very good speech.
"It covered the entire [spectrum] of government activities - all the important issues were raised and I thought she got it in the right proportion. It wasn't a 'Brexit' speech because, let's face it, my constituents thought they did Brexit in June 2016 - they made that decision and there are all sorts of more important issues with their busy lives; children in school, mortgages to pay, worrying about jobs, worrying about the standard of education. Those are the issues that are actually the top of their agenda."
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