Theresa May’s Brexit speech: our writers give their verdict

Four writers react to the prime minister’s latest Brexit plans, unveiled in London today

Polly Toynbee: The same conundrums, but no new answers

No one waited with bated breath for Theresa May’s speech once we knew the cabinet had vetted it.

Anything that the “team” that has stuck us in the verbal bog of “managed regulatory divergence” all agree on can never take us forward.

Unify the country?

Show us a united cabinet first.

Her mood music struck up a more melodious tone, promising hard choices and compromises.

Yet she spelled…