"It was entirely a poisoned chalice," says Nicholas Allen, who teaches politics at Royal Holloway, University of London. "The odds were always stacked against her. No prime minister, certainly since 1945, has faced such a large set of challenges with simultaneously such a hugely divided, unleadable
"There have been few British politicians who have performed that kind of high-profile, international, quasi-official role and combined it with making money," said Nicholas Allen, senior lecturer in politics at Royal Holloway University of London.