Political careers often end in failure, but few fail as spectacularly as Theresa May's

It is often said all political careers end in failure, but few with such a spectacular a failure as Theresa May's. Ending her political career in tears on the steps of Downing Street after just three years in office, May will leave knowing that she herself was principally responsible for her own downfall.

Her short six-minute speech, in which she sought to highlight her achievements in office, will forever be remembered for one thing: That she, as a Prime Minister, who rarely showed any emotion and who for so long doggedly hung on when many others would have folded, broke down on the last line of her speech.