Theresa May PM

[Seabag]

I'd give her one

Vote that is 😁

[Robert Poste's Child]

If only she could not sound so annoyingly smug at times.

[Lordship 516]

I don't feel she is so smug - just very reserved & possibly a bit shy; but she has a certain steely determination about her that is needed now in Europe.

The smug one is Gove - I cannot percieve any redeeming feature in the guy. He is intelligent & clever but shows no empathy or capacity to meet others half way. HAS DISAGREED WITH ALMOST EVERYONE HE HAS WORKED WITH ! Not consensual so would find it very hard to negotiate in Brussels which is the capital of compromise.

[JohnL]

Don't forget Jeremy Hunt.

I actually had to google Health Secretary to remember him, so I already have :)

[Robert Poste's Child]

If Theresa May was anti-Brexit and yet is the right fit to run for PM, how does the same argument rule Osborne out? Is it down to individual conscience (hoping they each have one of those)? Confusing.

[Lordship 516]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> If Theresa May was anti-Brexit and yet is the

> right fit to run for PM, how does the same

> argument rule Osborne out? Is it down to

> individual conscience (hoping they each have one

> of those)? Confusing.

She didn't threaten voters with a supplementary budget

[Robert Poste's Child]

Don't recall her challenging that, though I may be wrong. On the other hand, as Home Sec she bears much of the responsibility for mismanagement of migration, one of the major concerns for the majority who did vote Brexit. Urgh.

[Lordship 516]

Anyway, it was Osborne who ruled himself out.

Theresa May is ideally placed to negotiate an immigration policy that will be suitable for the UK. She did a reasonably good job under difficult conditions & now she can put that experience to good use during discussions in Brussels & elsewhere.

[Robert Poste's Child]

According to the news, Gove is now under pressure from govt ministers to withdraw to give Theresa May a clear field.

[Loz]

Gove knifed Boris because he didn't believe he would follow through with Brexit. Gove would need to be convinced that May would complete Brexit before he withdrew.

[rendelharris]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> According to the news, Gove is now under pressure

> from govt ministers to withdraw to give Theresa

> May a clear field.

That would be a fantastic dummy on Boris and would be very cheering - though I fear it might give him a "wronged martyr" status with the Tory rank and file which might facilitate him leading a coup against May at a later date.

[Robert Poste's Child]

It's so crazy, convoluted and Machiavellian it might even get young people interested in politics again.

[Jeremy]

Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> It's so crazy, convoluted and Machiavellian it

> might even get young people interested in politics again.

A BBC headline described it as "real life House of Cards"... pretty accurate I'd say!

[JohnL]

Lordship 516 Wrote:

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> Anyway, it was Osborne who ruled himself out.

>

> Theresa May is ideally placed to negotiate an

> immigration policy that will be suitable for the

> UK. She did a reasonably good job under difficult

> conditions & now she can put that experience to

> good use during discussions in Brussels &

> elsewhere.

She has now said that sending EU people living in the UK

home is on the table.

Not sure about that - even though it's obviously a bargaining

chip.

[Lordship 516]

They would have all sorts of rights that they can exercise during the next couple of years & also their dependents so this would get very complicated. Its not a bananna republic...yet.

[Jeremy]

Even mentioning it as a possibility is pretty disgusting.

[ianr]

JohnL Wrote:

> She has now said that sending EU people living in the UK home is on the table.

Whereabouts is that please?

[Robert Poste's Child]

I'm relying on Dead Ringers to explain this in terms I can understand.

[Lordship 516]

I think she is just playing to the conservative right wing gallery to peel votes away from Gove, knowing full well this would be impossible