As a former long-serving home secretary, it is perhaps not surprising that Theresa May is at her most comfortable when talking about security issues. Nevertheless, her speech yesterday to the Munich Security Conference should be applauded — and not just for what it implied for security and defence.

The prime minister reminded her audience that this country puts its money where its mouth is in these areas, devoting 2% of GDP on defence, making Britain the second largest defence spender in Nato after the United States, as well as committing 0.7% of gross national income to international development.

Most importantly, and from that position of strength, Mrs May made a generous offer. “The British people took a legitimate democratic decision to bring decision making and