Theresa May never answers a question with the words “yes” or “no”. Never. She won’t do it. She just won’t. Sometimes she’ll answer with a “what” (as in, “What we’re doing is…”) or an “as” (“As I’ve already made very clear…”). But never a “yes” or a “no”. I used to assume she was simply being evasive, but the pattern is so consistent that I’m beginning to think it’s pathological. She’d like to say “yes” or “no”, but she can’t. She’s physically incapable of it.

It’s a wonder she ever got married.

“Theresa, darling, love of my life, flower of my heart… Will you marry me?”

“What I’ve said on a number of occasions now is that marriage is an institution cherished by millions of British people, and represents the bedrock of family life in this country.”

“Oh, absolutely, darling. I couldn’t agree more. But… will you marry me?”

“As I’ve already made clear, the overwhelming majority of the British people continue to believe in the sanctity of marriage – which, as I believe I made clear in answer to an earlier question, is not only the bedrock of family life in this country, but an institution cherished by millions of British people.”