birmingham, mrs may defended her brexit strategy from strong criticism from some of her tory colleagues, including the former foreign secretary boris johnson. she danced onto the stage to abbaed to put the coughing, gaffe—prone speech of last year behind her. on the economy, she said people need to know their hard work has paid off and signalled an end to austerity. she announced an end to a cap on local authority borrowing in england to kick start the building of new council houses. she also promised to increase early detection rates for cancer from 50% to 75% by 2028. our political editor laura kuenssberg was watching the speech. dancing queen plays. that really is abba. that really is the prime minister dancing onto the stage, laughing with herself, when her political situation has been anything but funny. # you can dance, you canjive... in a time of division, a plea, to her party and to the country, to stick together. let's make a positive case for our values that will cut through the bitterness and bile that is poisoning our politics, and let's say it loud and clear. conservatives will always stand up for a politics that unites us rather than divides us. applause. we n