Theresa May has delivered a thinly-veiled attack on hardline Brexiters and Donald Trump in her last major speech as British prime minister, warning that anger, entrenched views and a lack of compromise is harming political discourse.

Mrs May, who is set to resign next Wednesday, said in a speech to the Chatham House think-tank that she was “worried about the state of politics” due to the “absolutes and of perpetual strife” resulting from a lack of “pragmatism” — a coded reference to MPs she had hoped would support her Brexit withdrawal agreement.

“It has led to what is in effect a form of ‘absolutism’ — one which believes that if you simply assert your view loud enough and long enough you will get your way in the end. Or that mobilising your own faction is more important than bringing others with you,” she said.