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Here we go. Theresa May's "You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone" speech 
"I am worried about the state of politics." PM warns against throwing away "the hard work of centuries of sacrifice"
Technology allows people to express anger online "without filter", she says – "words have consequences"; ill words lead to ill deeds
"This absolutism at home and abroad is the opposite of politics at its best"
Opposite of this absolutism the "painstaking marking out of a common ground"
Her failure to get a Brexit deal though parliament was the fault of parties retreating to a binary, "winner takes all" approach
After a long dull defence of compromise, PM winds up again for a defence of the "middle of the road", where the usable surface is, as opposed to the extremes, in the gutter
And, contrary to the spin in advance, a decently short speech, about half an hour
Interesting defence of the middle of the road, in light of quote often misattrib to Thatcher: dangerous place where you get run over
