She even recklessly contradicted Sammy Wilson, the DUP MP, when he claimed she had never said “no” to anything in her Brexit negotiations. She had refused to accept Northern Ireland being separated from the UK in a temporary customs union, she said.
I am told that the prime minister’s mood is just as buoyant in private. Does she know something we don’t? Does she have a secret plan that will persuade MPs over the Easter break?